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1041199

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	14/01/2019 21:45:21
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	15/01/2019 22:55:08 23/01/2019 16:40:07
	hansard heading	Pupils: Sanitary Products
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12781
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/01/2019 16:39:48
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide free menstrual products to all school children in England.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12781
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12781
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Education published statistics in March 2018 which shows that while absence rates related to illness are slightly higher in girls than boys, the gap in absence rates between boys and girls is very similar regardless of disadvantage. This suggests period poverty does not have a significant, nation-wide impact on attendance. However, no girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her gender or background and we are keeping this matter under close review.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are best placed to identify and address the needs of their pupils; have discretion over how they use their funding; and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance.</p><p> </p><p>We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to more than £2.4 billion of additional funding this year alone.</p><p>Our guidance on ‘Sex and Relationship Education’ and the draft ‘Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education’ guidance (both attached) encourages schools to make sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation. Lastly, as a government, in the previous round of the Tampon Tax Fund we provided £1.68 million for the ‘Let’s Talk. Period’ project, which is distributing sanitary products to young women and girls in need across England.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> question first answered 23/01/2019 16:39:48
	creator	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1041252

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 01:24:45
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	15/01/2019 16:15:06 21/01/2019 17:29:04
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	identifier	208300
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 16:57:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the increase in demand for children's social care in (a) London and (b) England.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208300
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208300
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Across government, we are tackling the problems that cause children to be in need in the first place. This includes better supporting those with alcohol-dependent parents and the introduction of landmark legislation for those affected by domestic abuse, preventing young people being drawn into serious violence. The government have also provided unprecedented investment in early years education, support for children and young people’s mental health and the Troubled Families programme to achieve improvement for families with multiple, high-cost problems.</p><p>At Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor announced an extra £410 million to address pressures on adult and children social care services. This builds on the £200 billion government has already made available to councils up to 2020 to provide services in the best interests of local residents, including those for children and young people.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor also announced at Autumn Budget £84 million over 5 years to support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice and decision-making, enabling them to work more effectively with the most vulnerable children and their families. This is in addition to the almost £270 million the Department for Education has invested in our Innovation and Improvement programmes since 2014. There have been over 25 programmes in local authorities in London and over 90 in local authorities across England to help innovate and re-design service delivery to achieve higher quality.</p> question first answered 21/01/2019 16:57:30
	creator	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041260

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 01:25:05
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	15/01/2019 14:45:06 21/01/2019 17:49:01
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Autism
	house id	1
	identifier	208304
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 17:17:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help employers to ensure that apprenticeships provide an effective route into permanent employment for adults diagnosed with autism.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208304
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208304
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We are improving access to apprenticeships for people with learning difficulties or disabilities. For example, we have introduced legislation which allows the minimum English and maths requirements for apprenticeships to be adjusted to entry level 3 for a defined group of people with a learning difficulty or disability. This change will allow more people to benefit from the opportunities available through apprenticeships and work.</p><p>Our Pacesetter project is working with local partners to test our policy approaches and deliver tangible progress towards growing numbers of apprentices with learning difficulties or disabilities. Pacesetters include councils, a school and the learning disability charity Mencap, who have themselves hired a number of apprentices with learning difficulties or disabilities.</p><p>The Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network has been developed to provide insight and guidance on best practice in how to make sure that apprenticeships are undertaken by people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and all members make a commitment themselves to increasing diversity when they join. The network aims to inspire and influence the behaviour of other employers to attract, recruit and support more people from underrepresented groups into apprenticeships. This includes people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBT+, women in science, technology, engineering and maths and members of black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. For example, Health Education England, working with members including Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, have a supported apprenticeship scheme focussing particularly on learners with autism. The National Autistic Society has been invited to attend the network’s next meeting.</p><p>Our funding system is intended to encourage the take-up and likely completion of apprenticeships by particular groups, including people with learning difficulties or disabilities. The system is also intended to recognise where additional support is necessary, through extra funding where the costs of supporting an apprentice are higher, and making sure that these costs are met by government and not by the employer.</p><p>Our communications and guidance products aim to encourage employers to hire apprentices with a learning difficulty or disability and to demonstrate to people with learning difficulties or disabilities, such as autism, that apprenticeships are an option for them.</p><p>We have integrated the Department for Work and Pensions’ Disability Confident campaign into the apprenticeship recruitment service so that the Disability Confident logo is displayed on apprenticeship vacancies for campaign-registered employers.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/01/2019 17:17:44
	creator	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1037948

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/01/2019
	date	08/01/2019
	date tabled	08/01/2019
	ddp created	08/01/2019 22:02:18
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/01/2019 17:05:15 21/01/2019 18:54:01
	hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
	house id	1
	identifier	206414
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 18:22:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) initial conviction and (b) sentence or penalty was in the road traffic cases overturned under Section 142 of the Magistrates Court Act 1980 as a result of manipulation of forensic testing.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 206414
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206414
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 21/01/2019 18:22:57
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1038015

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/01/2019
	date	08/01/2019
	date tabled	08/01/2019
	ddp created	08/01/2019 22:05:06
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	14/01/2019 13:45:07 21/01/2019 18:46:01
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	206300
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 18:14:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration of the appeal procedure in 2018 against first-instance decisions was for (a) all nationalities, (b) Syrian appellants, (c) Afghan appellants and (d) Iraqi appellants.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 206300
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206300
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The average clearance time, in weeks, from receipt to disposal of an appeal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) between January and September 2018, the latest period for which data are available, was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>42 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syrian nationals<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>38 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghan nationals<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>32 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraqi nationals<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>22 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>These data are Management Information taken from the tribunal’s case management system. They do not form part of the published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Listing and case management of appeals is a function of the independent judiciary and each appeal is dealt with based on its own individual facts .</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of issues that can influence overall case length and these include adjournments and postponements, evidential factors (which may vary according to the country to which the application relates), the ease of gathering evidence, time taken to obtain expert reports where required and availability of up to date country guidance where relevant.</p><p> </p><p>Tribunal statistics are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has worked extensively to reduce the outstanding caseload and improve timeliness in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. This has seen the live caseload in the First-tier Tribunal more than halve from 64,800 to 31,500 between July 2016 and September 2018. The average duration has also improved from 52 weeks in the period July to September 2017 to 39 weeks in the period July to September 2018.</p> question first answered 21/01/2019 18:14:34
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1038903

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2019
	date	10/01/2019
	date tabled	10/01/2019
	ddp created	10/01/2019 19:59:20
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	ddp modified	11/01/2019 14:45:09 22/01/2019 16:49:01
	hansard heading	Port of Ramsgate: Dredging
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12740
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2019 16:17:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what level of subsidy they are providing, or plan to provide, towards the cost of dredging work in the harbour area of Ramsgate.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12740
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12740
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Infrastructure work is necessary to enable the port to resume Ro-Ro services. Thanet Council is in discussion with both the Department and Seaborne Freight to finalise the funding arrangements for the infrastructure works at the port, and vital dredging work has already started.</p> question first answered 22/01/2019 16:17:47
	creator	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours written parliamentary question 1038903
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	499

1041222

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	14/01/2019 21:45:50
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	15/01/2019 22:55:10 22/01/2019 12:47:04
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Foreign Nationals
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12804
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2019 12:15:18
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Irish citizens’ will retain their right to vote in certain UK elections after the UK leaves the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12804
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12804
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The rights of Irish citizens to vote in UK elections will remain unaffected after the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The long standing eligibility of Irish citizens who are resident in the UK to register for and vote in elections in the UK is a result of the historical and close political ties between the two countries and is currently enshrined in the Representation of the People Act 1983. The reciprocal arrangement on voting rights between the United Kingdom and Ireland is entirely separate to membership of the European Union.</p> question first answered 22/01/2019 12:15:18
	creator	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1037838

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/01/2019
	date	08/01/2019
	date tabled	08/01/2019
	ddp created	08/01/2019 21:57:38
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	09/01/2019 16:35:13 22/01/2019 12:44:03
	hansard heading	Business Plans: Disasters
	house id	1
	identifier	206372
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2019 12:12:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the level of support for customers who lost goods and possessions in the Shurgard fire in Croydon on New Year’s Eve, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of requirements on businesses to plan for major disasters and support affected customers; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 206372
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206372
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, contracts entered into by a trader and a consumer where a trader agrees to carry out a service, such as storing their goods, have to be carried out with reasonable care and skill. Traders are prohibited from including a term in the contract which limits its liability when carrying out that service.</p><p> </p><p>For free information and advice on their rights, consumers should contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 04 05 06 (www.citizensadvice.org/).</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we do not place any requirements on businesses to plan for emergencies, we do encourage businesses to be prepared and the Cabinet Office provides good practice guidance on the actions they can take on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-for-emergencies/preparing-for-emergencies</p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office publishes the National Risk Register which contains further information and resources to help individuals, businesses and communities to plan for specific emergencies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-of-civil-emergencies-2017-edition.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/01/2019 12:12:39
	creator	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1038744

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2019
	date	09/01/2019
	date tabled	09/01/2019
	ddp created	09/01/2019 21:47:02
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	11/01/2019 14:45:07 21/01/2019 18:10:05
	hansard heading	World Bank: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12711
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 17:38:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make any representations to the government of the United States about the appointment of a new President of the World Bank, following the resignation of the current President, Jim Yong Kim, three years before the end of his term, in view of calls for an open, transparent and merit-based process.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12711
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12711
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK strongly supports an open, transparent and merit-based process for selection of the next President of the World Bank Group. We will engage with all World Bank Group shareholders, including the United States, during this process.</p> question first answered 21/01/2019 17:38:35
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1041232

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	14/01/2019 21:46:02
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	ddp modified	15/01/2019 22:55:12 28/01/2019 12:05:22
	hansard heading	Gaza: Young People
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12814
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 11:34:08
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Bank’s findings in October 2018 that there is 70 per cent youth unemployment in Gaza; and what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about what action can be taken to support young people who live there into employment.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12814
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12814
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK remains gravely concerned about the economic and humanitarian situation in Gaza. 54 per cent of the total population is estimated to be unemployed, including over 70 per cent of young people. Until the blockade of Gaza is eased and its economy allowed to grow unemployment will continue to rise.</p><p> </p><p>HMG officials regularly propose measures to improve the situation in Gaza with Government of Israel officials. These include the adoption of a more transparent process for allowing goods into Gaza and permitting greater exports from the strip. The UK is supporting direct measures to support job creation in Gaza. We will more than double the amount of UK aid spent on economic development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) to around £38 million over the next five years (2018-2023). This will include support to addressing the water and electricity crisis in Gaza and seek to address movement and access restrictions. The Chevening Scholarship Programme, funded by the UK government, brings talented young people from Gaza to study in the UK, helping to provide educative opportunities and develop employment skills.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 11:34:08
	creator	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge