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1083431

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	06/03/2019
	date tabled	06/03/2019
	ddp created	06/03/2019 22:28:21
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	ddp modified	06/03/2019 22:37:09 13/03/2019 16:46:05
	hansard heading	A3: Tolworth
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14314
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/03/2019 16:14:29
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the nature of the work currently in progress on the A3 Southbound at Tolworth; and when they expect it to be completed.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14314
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14314
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and delivered by Transport for London (TfL). The A3 southbound at Tolworth is the responsibility of TfL.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that TfL regularly monitors its road infrastructure to ensure that it is safe for people to use and that a recent inspection of this section of the A3 found that parts of the crash barrier needed replacement due to damage from collisions and corrosion. For safety reasons, until the barrier can be replaced, TfL has had to restrict access to the near side lane. TfL is working closely with its suppliers who are manufacturing a replacement barrier. It will be installed in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1083407

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	06/03/2019
	date tabled	06/03/2019
	ddp created	06/03/2019 22:27:46
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	06/03/2019 22:36:20 20/03/2019 18:27:12
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Education
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14290
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/03/2019 17:55:02
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to increasing the funding available for agricultural courses where they contain significant STEM elements.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14290
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14290
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government already provides funding via the Office for Students to support subjects where the costs of teaching exceed the income that providers receive through tuition fees. This includes agricultural courses with elements of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Current rates of high-cost funding are included in the ‘Office for Students: Guide to funding 2018-19’, attached.</p><p>Future funding for higher education will be announced in the forthcoming Spending Review following the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding, which is currently underway.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1091052

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 23:04:17
	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 23:16:53 21/03/2019 15:48:01
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Portsmouth
	house id	1
	identifier	233630
	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 the average air quality sample reading was in Portsmouth in (a) 2003 and (b) 2018.
	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 233630
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233630
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	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

1091001

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 23:00:13
	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	19/03/2019 16:05:32 27/03/2019 17:56:03
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
	house id	1
	identifier	233614
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/03/2019 17:24:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 230932 on Animal Welfare Act 2006, when he plans to increase the custodial maximum penalty for animal cruelty from six months imprisonment to five years imprisonment; and whether that change will require primary legislation.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233614
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233614
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government remains committed to increasing the maximum custodial penalty for animal cruelty from 6 months’ to 5 years’ imprisonment, and will do so as soon as Parliamentary time allows. Primary legislation is required.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1089494

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	15/03/2019
	date tabled	15/03/2019
	ddp created	15/03/2019 15:27:03
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	15/03/2019 15:36:48 20/03/2019 18:06:08
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	identifier	233014
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/03/2019 17:35:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of apprenticeships that will have been started between 2015 and 2020.
	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 233014
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233014
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>There were 1,627,300 apprenticeship starts in England between May 2015 and October 2018.</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

1090919

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 22:55:50
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	18/03/2019 23:07:53 26/03/2019 09:13:01
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	identifier	233566
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/03/2019 08:40:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of degree apprenticeships available in Nottinghamshire.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233566
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233566
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are now 78 industry-designed apprenticeship standards available at level 6 and level 7, of which 60 are degree apprenticeships.</p><p>There were 10,880 starts on level 6+ apprenticeships, including degree apprenticeships, in 2017/18, a six-fold increase on the previous academic year.</p><p>We are supporting the development and take up of level 6+ and degree apprenticeships across England through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund (DADF). The fund has supported 103 education providers, 56 further education colleges and 47 higher education institutions, to boost capacity and internal infrastructure within higher education, including Nottingham Trent University.</p><p>The fund has supported a range of awareness raising activities aimed at higher, level 6+ and degree apprenticeship, including supporting 30 co-branded Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and National Apprenticeship service (NAS) careers fairs, offering access to 240,000 year 12 students.</p><p>DADF funding has also supported the NAS and UCAS to develop a higher and degree apprenticeships ‘vacancy finder’ consolidating many of these opportunities into one place. Approximately 2,000 vacancies, with 2019 starts, were published in November 2018.</p><p>We have also recently launched our ‘Opportunities through Apprenticeships’ campaign, working with partners in Portsmouth, Nottingham, South Tyneside and Torbay to increase participation in apprenticeships particularly at higher levels.</p>
	creator	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1090944

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 22:57:07
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	19/03/2019 15:45:20 21/03/2019 15:40:07
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	233584
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/03/2019 15:07:49
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department next plans to meet with representatives of (a) the Scottish Government and (b) Scottish business to discuss the allocation of funds raised by the apprenticeship levy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	David Duguid
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233584
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233584
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Treasury meets with the Scottish Government regularly to discuss matters of mutual interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government will receive £239 million in 2019-20, which represents a population share of the Apprenticeship Levy forecast. Skills is devolved in Scotland and it is for the Scottish Government to determine how to use this funding.</p>
	creator	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1083406

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	06/03/2019
	date tabled	06/03/2019
	ddp created	06/03/2019 22:27:45
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	06/03/2019 22:36:18 20/03/2019 18:29:18
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14289
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/03/2019 17:57:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been a underspend of the apprenticeship levies in each of the last three years; if so, by how much; and what consideration they have give to allowing any such underspends to be allocated to training schemes for the upgrade of skills.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14289
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14289
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Spending on the apprenticeship programme is demand-led. Employers choose the type, quantity and level of apprenticeships that they offer in order to meet their current and future skills needs.</p><p>Employers pay the apprenticeship levy to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Employers in England can then set up accounts on the apprenticeship service, allowing them to direct funds to cover the costs of training and assessment for their apprentices. Employers who pay the levy have up to 24 months to spend their levy funds in their accounts. We do not anticipate that all employers who pay the levy will need or want to use all of the funds in their accounts, but they are able to do this if they wish.</p><p>There is a difference between what employers see in their levy accounts and the department’s annual apprenticeship budget set by Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT). Levy accounts include up to 24 months of levy funds. The department’s annual apprenticeship budget must fund the whole apprenticeship programme, including apprenticeships with smaller employers who do not pay the levy and apprenticeships that started before the levy was introduced.</p><p>In total, in the 2017-18 financial year, the department spent £1.6 billion (of a £2 billion budget) to fulfil employers’ demand for apprenticeships. Lower than anticipated demand from employers led to an underspend of approximately £400 million. HMT made available a portion of the department's 2017-18 underspend, including the underspend from apprenticeships, for programmes in future financial years. We will publish the expenditure from this financial year in our 2018-19 annual report and accounts after the end of this financial year.</p><p>A review of the levy is underway in order to consider, amongst other points, how it can be used most effectively.</p>
	creator	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1083429

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	06/03/2019
	date tabled	06/03/2019
	ddp created	06/03/2019 22:28:19
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	06/03/2019 22:37:05 19/03/2019 17:44:01
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14312
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/03/2019 17:12:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports from the National Audit Office that the number of UK apprenticeships has fallen since the introduction of an apprenticeship levy on large employers.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14312
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14312
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are making apprenticeships longer and better, with more off-the-job training and suitable assessment at the end. We have asked employers to lead on the design of new standards that will give apprentices the skills that businesses really need.</p><p>We are pleased with the changes we have seen to the balance of the programme, with the increase in the proportion of high quality apprenticeships since the introduction of the levy and wider apprenticeship reforms. 57.8% of people doing an apprenticeship are now starting on apprenticeship standards (in the first quarter of the 2017/18 academic year), compared to 35.8% this time last year.</p><p>Over 90% of employers with the largest levy declarations have set up an apprenticeship service account, showing that they are ready and willing to invest. To further support employers, we have already extended the amount of time that employers have to spend their levy (from 18 months to 24 months). We will increase the amount of funds that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers from 10% to 25% from April 2019.</p>
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1090983

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/03/2019
	date	18/03/2019
	date tabled	18/03/2019
	ddp created	18/03/2019 22:59:12
	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 16:05:23 26/03/2019 09:19:02
	hansard heading	Apprentices: West Midlands
	house id	1
	identifier	233605
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/03/2019 08:47:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to help businesses create more apprenticeships in (a) Solihull and (b) the West Midlands.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 233605
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	233605
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have introduced a wide range of reforms to apprenticeships to improve their quality and to encourage employers across England to increase the number of apprenticeships that they offer.</p><p>New apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed by industries to give apprentices the skills that businesses need. Over 400 standards are available for employers to use, with over 170 more in development, and we can see that employers are moving quickly to this new higher quality offer. There were 163,700 starts on apprenticeship standards in 2017/18, which is more than 6 times higher than the number of starts in 2016/17.</p><p>From April 2019, the amount that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers will increase from 10% to 25%. The National Apprenticeship Service is working closely with the West Midlands Combined Authority to promote levy transfers from large employers, including HSBC and Lloyds, to local small and medium-sized enterprises in the automotive, digital and construction sectors.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight