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1091369

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	19/03/2019
	date tabled	19/03/2019
	ddp created	19/03/2019 19:53:09
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	19/03/2019 20:00:41 27/03/2019 16:14:02
	hansard heading	5G: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	identifier	234268
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/03/2019 15:42:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of 5G technology on people's health.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234268
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234268
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and health evidence reviews have been prepared by scientific expert groups in the United Kingdom and around the world. The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (AGNIR) published their report in the UK in 2012 and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) published their report in 2015. The World Health Organization is presently preparing a review. The AGNIR report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects</a></p><p> </p><p>The SCENIHR report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Based on the accumulated evidence and reviews, Public Health England (PHE) advises that the guidelines of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) should be adopted and there is no convincing evidence that EMF exposures below the ICNIRP guideline levels cause adverse health effects.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has committed to keeping the emerging evidence under review and to preparing another comprehensive review when sufficient new evidence has accumulated.</p>
	creator	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1083786

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	07/03/2019
	date tabled	07/03/2019
	ddp created	07/03/2019 20:39:17
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	07/03/2019 20:46:08 21/03/2019 16:26:01
	hansard heading	Academies: Pupil Exclusions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14349
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/03/2019 15:54:04
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they take when Multi Academy Trusts remove significant numbers of pupils off the roll of their schools; and what data they collect on off-rolling.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14349
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14349
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The law is clear that a pupil can only be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 as amended. All schools must notify the local authority when a pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register under any of the grounds prescribed in regulation 8, as soon as the ground for removal is met and no later than the time at which the pupil’s name is removed from the register. This applies to multi academy trusts in the same way as it does to state maintained schools.</p><p>The department does not hold information centrally on the number of pupils taken off roll from any type of school. Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children of compulsory school age in their area who are not registered pupils at a school, and are not receiving suitable education otherwise.</p>
	creator	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1090955

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 22:57:39
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	18/03/2019 23:10:40 21/03/2019 15:36:03
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Elections
	house id	1
	identifier	233454
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/03/2019 15:04:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of the Afghan Government on their commitment to ensuring the fair conduct of the presidential elections due to take place in that country later in 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233454
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233454
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting the Afghan Government's delivery of free and fair presidential elections in 2019. We are contributing up to £16.5 million to the presidential, district and provincial elections. We work alongside other donor countries, the UN and Afghanistan's Election Management Bodies to ensure that lessons are learned following 2018's parliamentary elections, and that relevant reforms are rapidly implemented.</p><p>We view elections as vital for Afghanistan's long-term stability and democratic future. In our discussions with the Afghan Government, and with other relevant individuals, groups and institutions in Afghanistan, we continue to emphasise the need to make rapid decisions on key operational issues and meet agreed timelines. This is to help ensure credible, fair and timely elections in 2019.</p>
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1090979

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 22:59:00
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	18/03/2019 23:12:10 21/03/2019 10:49:02
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	identifier	233602
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/03/2019 10:16:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using large-scale hydrogen conversion projects to deliver improvements in air quality.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233602
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233602
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This question concerns both energy and air quality. Defra is the Government Department with policy responsibility for air quality and energy policy is within the remit of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We are working across Government to ensure future electricity, heat and industrial policies will together improve air quality and tackle climate change. Phasing out coal-fired power stations, improving energy efficiency, and shifting to cleaner power sources will reduce emissions of air pollution, as well as carbon.</p><p> </p><p>As we phase out oil and coal heating, we will ensure this transition improves air quality wherever possible and cost-effective to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Although Defra is unable to comment on hydrogen specifically, as part of our cross-departmental review into the role of biomass for heat and power, we have established a framework of principles and processes to ensure air quality is considered at the outset of policy development and appropriate tools and evidence are used to assess the impact on public health.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1091050

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 23:04:09
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	18/03/2019 23:16:48 21/03/2019 15:48:03
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	identifier	233628
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/03/2019 15:14:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the average reading for an air quality sample in (a) the UK, (b) Hampshire and (c) Portsmouth.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233628
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233628
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Defra’s national network of air quality monitors currently comprises 272 sites across the UK and is managed by the Environment Agency. Sites are organised into networks that gather information for a wide range of pollutants in towns, cities as well as in rural areas. Some monitoring sites are focused on measuring specific sources – e.g. road traffic or industry whilst others are focused on background concentrations.</p><p> </p><p>All monitoring data is made available on our UK-AIR website. Data from the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) is reported in near-real-time and is updated every hour. The website URL is: <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, National Statistics are produced annually which analyse trends and levels of air pollution for the UK AURN. The website URL is: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On the AURN there are 5 sites within Hampshire (including Southampton and Portsmouth) and 2 sites in Portsmouth. The annual statistics tool on UK-AIR can be used to determine annual mean concentrations of the measured air pollutants.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, local authorities submit their monitoring data and local actions to Defra in their Annual Status Reports. This is a requirement under the Local Air Quality Management process, underpinned by the Environment Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>Annual mean concentrations of air pollutants in 2003 and 2018 from the Portsmouth sites on the AURN are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>AURN Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pollutant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Annual Mean Concentration (µg/m<sup>3</sup>)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>Nitrogen dioxide</p></td><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>Nitrogen dioxide</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>PM<sub>10</sub></p></td><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Anglesea Road</p></td><td><p>Nitrogen dioxide</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Anglesea Road</p></td><td><p>PM<sub>10</sub></p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1091362

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	19/03/2019
	date tabled	19/03/2019
	ddp created	19/03/2019 19:51:45
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	ddp modified	19/03/2019 20:00:25 25/03/2019 15:51:04
	hansard heading	Airports
	house id	1
	identifier	234074
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/03/2019 15:17:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on UK airports.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234074
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234074
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. The Government has accelerated no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. It is the responsible thing to do. The EU has adopted a Regulation, giving UK airlines the rights to fly to and from the EU for 12 months in a no deal scenario, and the UK Government will provide at least equivalent rights to EU airlines. UK airports will continue under the same aviation security regime as they do now. The Government works closely with the aviation sector, including UK airports, and will continue to do so.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1090976

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 22:58:41
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	19/03/2019 17:45:13 21/03/2019 16:31:02
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	identifier	233599
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/03/2019 15:58:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's oral contribution of 13 March 2019, Official Report, column 349, on the Spring Statement, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the apprenticeship programme is rolling out three million new high-quality apprenticeships.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233599
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233599
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In his Spring Statement my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, reiterated the government’s ambition of 3 million new high-quality apprenticeships by 2020 and the importance of making sure that technical and vocational skills are at the heart of our education system but we will not sacrifice quality for quantity.</p><p>We regularly report on progress toward the target in our apprenticeships and traineeships publications, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1090916

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 22:55:41
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 15:15:09 26/03/2019 09:23:02
	hansard heading	Apprentices: NHS
	house id	1
	identifier	233502
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/03/2019 08:49:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish time series data on the number of apprenticeship starts in the NHS in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233502
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233502
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In November 2018, we published details of our progress against the public sector apprenticeship target for the first year of the target. These can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>This showed that, in the National Health Service (NHS), 1.2% of employees started an apprenticeship between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, which is 13,800 new starts. It should be noted that this data is based on self-declared information on organisation headcounts and apprentice recruitment submitted by public sector bodies.</p><p>The department also publishes data on apprenticeship starts in the health, public services and care sector subject area. This includes the number of starts on the ‘Registered Nurse’ degree apprenticeship and ‘Nursing Associate’ apprenticeship standards.</p><p>Monthly breakdowns for individual standards and frameworks, as well as for sector subject areas, have been published from 2014/15 onwards and can be accessed at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-february-2019</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care are working closely with employers and Health Education England to make sure that the NHS is fully supported to recruit the apprentices they need to deliver high quality care.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1091391

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	19/03/2019
	date tabled	19/03/2019
	ddp created	19/03/2019 19:55:08
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	19/03/2019 20:05:49 26/03/2019 10:54:03
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	identifier	234275
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/03/2019 10:20:13
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprenticeship starts there have been in each Government department by gender since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234275
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234275
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p>
	creator	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1091392

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/03/2019
	date	19/03/2019
	date tabled	19/03/2019
	ddp created	19/03/2019 19:55:12
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	19/03/2019 20:05:52 26/03/2019 10:54:02
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	identifier	234276
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/03/2019 10:20:26
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprenticeship finishes there have been in each Government Department by gender since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234276
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234276
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p>
	creator	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately