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	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	207561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department is preparing for all EU Exit scenarios. We do not hold any data specifically in relation to the cost of preparation for a no deal scenario.</p><p>There has been no ministerial direction in relation to EU Exit funding for the Department.</p><p>HM Treasury announced the funding allocations for EU Exit Preparations in 2019/20 on 18 December. MHCLG received £35 million. Work is ongoing to decide where this money can best be allocated and an announcement will be made shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:07:49 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1041455

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions has his Department has with the Local Government Association on funding for local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	208274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>I met representatives from the Local Government Association on 9 January to discuss the 2019-20 provisional local government final settlement. Departmental Ministers maintain regular engagement with the Local Government Association on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/01/2019 14:13:16 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1041573

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Telecommunications: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the rating assessment for unbundled local copper loops included a concession that was not available to fibre telecommunications infrastructure constructed before April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has provided a new 100 per cent business rates relief for new fibre infrastructure for a five year period from 1 April 2017 to support the roll out of new fibre broadband infrastructure and future 5G communications to homes and businesses. The relief is provided to support telecom companies as they invest in their fibre network and, therefore, is not available on existing fibre constructed before 1 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/01/2019 14:12:53 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1041577

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a timetable for announcing the Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	208800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas and providing clarity on the future of local growth funding, once we have left the European Union. Therefore we intend to publish our consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:06:12 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1042314

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Lavatories: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who was awarded the £70,000 contract to develop an online map to help carers and disabled people find Changing Places toilets.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	209357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department was approached jointly by Mencap and the British Toilet Association Ltd to provide support for a proposal to develop an online map to help carers and disadvantaged people find Changing Places toilets. This was done by means of a grant payment of £74,300 made under Section 70 of the Charities Act 2006.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 209358 question first answered 21/01/2019 14:11:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1042315

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Lavatories: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there was a tendering process for the £70,000 contract awarded to develop an online map to help carers and disabled people find Changing Places toilets.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	209358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department was approached jointly by Mencap and the British Toilet Association Ltd to provide support for a proposal to develop an online map to help carers and disadvantaged people find Changing Places toilets. This was done by means of a grant payment of £74,300 made under Section 70 of the Charities Act 2006.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 209357 question first answered 21/01/2019 14:11:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1042354

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department's devolution framework.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	209370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to setting out our approach to devolution and providing clarity for local areas. We will look to publish our approach as soon as practical.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:05:37 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1041461

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to provide counselling for students in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	208280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>School based counselling by well-qualified practitioners can play an effective role as part of a ‘whole school’ approach to supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Department’s England-wide representative survey of school provision, published in 2017, indicated that 61% of schools offer counselling services, with 84% of secondary schools providing their pupils with access to counselling support. To support more schools to do so, the Government has provided advice on how to deliver high quality school-based counselling, available to view here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will fund new mental health support teams, working in schools and colleges, which will be rolled out to between one fifth and a quarter of England by the end of 2023. This will start with 25 trailblazer areas which will be fully operational by the end of 2019. Next steps for this roll out are being considered as part of the NHS long term plan, published on 7 January, and will be informed by the evaluation of the initial trailblazers. These new teams should work closely with services which are already being provided in local areas, including other professionals who work closely with schools and colleges, such as school counsellors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/01/2019 12:13:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1041464

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have taken up apprenticeships in each region in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	208283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The department collects apprenticeships data for England. The attached table shows the number of apprenticeship starts in each English region in each of the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/01/2019 12:29:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 208283_table_showing_apprenticeship_starts_in_England.doc title 208283_table_of_apprenticeship_starts_in_England
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1041465

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students did not get a grade 9-4 in their GCSE results in the 2017-18 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	208284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, pupils sat a combination of the 23 reformed GCSEs graded on a 9-1 scale and the remaining legacy GCSEs graded on an A*-G scale. The bottom of grade 4 is aligned with the bottom of grade C, so a grade 4 or above marks a similar achievement to the old grade C or above.</p><p> </p><p>The number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2018 who did not achieve any grades A*-C/9-4 across all their GCSE and equivalent subject entries[1], [2] are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2018 who did not achieve any grades A*-C/9-4 across all their GCSE and equivalent subject entries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type of school</p></td><td><p>Total number of pupils <br>at the end of Key Stage 4</p></td><td><p>Total number <br> of pupils not <br> achieving grades <br> A*-C or 9-4[3]</p></td><td><p>Percentage pupils not <br>achieving grades A*-C or 9-4 (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All schools[4]</p></td><td><p>585,377</p></td><td><p>94,436</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded school</p></td><td><p>523,757</p></td><td><p>76,168</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2017-to-2018-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2017-to-2018-provisional</a>.</p><p>[2] Cambridge International Certificates and Edexcel Level 1/2 Certificates were classed as GCSE equivalent awards in 2017/18. If GCSE equivalents were excluded from the analysis, the number not achieving any 9-4/A*-C passes would go up by 283 in all schools, and 121 in state funded schools.</p><p>[3] From 2017, new reformed GCSEs in English language, English literature and mathematics are graded using a new 9-1 scale. Unreformed subjects continue to be graded using the A* to G system. See the statistical first release (SFR) ‘Quality and methodology’ document for further information.</p><p>[4] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (see SFR 'Quality and Methodology' document).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/01/2019 12:24:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson