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1105226

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether representatives from the (a) Department of Health and (b) Department of Education have been to each meeting of the serious violence taskforce.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	237165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary, brings together partners from within government and across sectors to drive forward implementation of the Serious Violence Strategy. These partners include representatives from the Department for Education and representatives from the Health sectors who have been present at each of the Taskforce meetings. The Minister of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention attended the last meeting of the Serious Violence Taskforce and is now a permanent member.</p><p><br>Due to the nature of the discussions of the Serious Violence Taskforce, the minutes and actions of the meeting are not available publicly so to ensure an open discussion. The Taskforce is a valuable forum and it has led to the Home Secretary’s recent announcements on a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund, a consultation on the proposed new legal duty to support the public health approach to tackling violence, an independent review of drug misuse, and informed the recent announcement of £100m to support a police surge and investment in Violence Reduction Units.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 237166 question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105321

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Retail Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to tackle (a) retail crime and (b) violence against shopworkers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	236990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>All forms of retail crime are unacceptable, and everyone has the right to feel safe at work.</p><p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) which brings together partners including the police, trade bodies – including the Association of Convenience Stores - and retailers and is overseeing a range of work to tackle retail crime. This includes the collation and dissemination of good practice and developing guidance on the use of Impact Statements for Business, which give victims of business crime the opportunity to set out the impact the crime has had on the business, including, for example, financial loss. The NRCSG also continues to work with retailers to im-prove the management and response to shop theft using a partnership ap-proach according to local circumstances.</p><p>On 21 January I announced that we will launch a call for evidence on violence and abuse towards shop workers to strengthen our understanding of this issue, including how existing legislation is being applied.</p><p>In addition, the Sentencing Council is reviewing its guidelines on assault and a consultation on a revised guideline is anticipated to commence this Summer.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/04/2019 16:11:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1105227

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the (a) agendas and (b) attendees of each meeting of the serious violence taskforce from its inception to date.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	237166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary, brings together partners from within government and across sectors to drive forward implementation of the Serious Violence Strategy. These partners include representatives from the Department for Education and representatives from the Health sectors who have been present at each of the Taskforce meetings. The Minister of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention attended the last meeting of the Serious Violence Taskforce and is now a permanent member.</p><p><br>Due to the nature of the discussions of the Serious Violence Taskforce, the minutes and actions of the meeting are not available publicly so to ensure an open discussion. The Taskforce is a valuable forum and it has led to the Home Secretary’s recent announcements on a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund, a consultation on the proposed new legal duty to support the public health approach to tackling violence, an independent review of drug misuse, and informed the recent announcement of £100m to support a police surge and investment in Violence Reduction Units.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 237165 question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105228

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which programmes will the £20 million re-prioritised from the Home Office towards the £100 million knife crime contingency fund be drawn.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	237167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office’s spending plans for 2019-20 will be presented to the House of Commons as part of the 2019 to 2020 Main Supply Estimates by HM Treasury. In forming these spending plans, Ministers have prioritised across the department according to the department’s statutory obligations and the Government’s priorities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/04/2019 16:05:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105222

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 8 March 2019 to Question 227160, how many staff have been employed by his Department in each month since 31 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	237161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) workforce includes employees (including those working overseas and UK Export Finance), contractors and those on loan from other government departments or seconded from organisations external to the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>Pursuant to the answer provided on 8 March 2019 to question 227160, the total workforce employed by DIT in each month since 31 January 2019 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Month ending</p></td><td><p>Total workforce</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/01/2019</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28/02/2019</p></td><td><p>4,043</p></td></tr></thead></table><p> </p><p>Data for March 2019 will be available after 5 April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 02/04/2019 16:10:36 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1104930

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many countries in the Commonwealth have not agreed a trade deal with the UK for when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	236457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK enjoys excellent trading relationships with our Commonwealth partners and the Government is committed to strengthening these further.</p><p> </p><p>As we leave the EU, the Government is seeking continuity for our existing EU trade arrangements, including those with Commonwealth countries. The best way to provide continuity and stability of these agreements is to have a deal with the European Union so that the UK can remain covered by all existing trade agreements during the Implementation Period. Nevertheless, the Government is working to have bilateral agreements in place ready for when we need them, whether that is in the event of no deal, or after the proposed implementation period.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has signed trade agreement continuity agreements with Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean, Pacific and Eastern and Southern Africa. The list of countries is available on Gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/signed-uk-trade-agreements-transitioned-from-the-eu" target="_blank">LINK</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also published a list of those agreements that both may and will not be in place by 12 April 2019 in order that businesses and individuals ensure that they are prepared for every eventuality. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal/existing-trade-agreements-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-without-a-deal#whats-changing-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal" target="_blank">LINK</a>) This advice will be updated regularly. Many discussions with other Commonwealth countries are at an advanced stage. As with all such discussions, they tend to go down to the wire, and we would expect nothing less from these agreements.</p><p> </p><p>We will implement a UK trade preferences scheme for developing countries, including those in the Commonwealth, which will provide the same level of access as the current EU trade preference scheme. This includes maintaining duty-free, quota-free access for the world’s least developed countries.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will be free to negotiate, sign and ratify new trade agreements during the time-limited implementation period, and to bring them into force from January 2021. We have completed public consultations on possible UK trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand, and potential accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which includes six members of the Commonwealth. In addition, we are building stronger relationships with large economies, such India, through a series of Joint Trade Reviews (JTRs).</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 02/04/2019 16:07:43 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1104965

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196148 on Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Education, what the current maximum level of financial subsidy per child is that can be claimed by staff in his Department to support the private education of their children at UK schools.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	236473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff who are posted overseas at regular intervals during their career may claim Continuity of Education Allowance towards the cost of standard tuition fees plus boarding at UK schools, up to the applicable ceiling per term for a junior or senior pupil, and subject to eligibility criteria.</p><p>The current ceilings are (per term, based on a three term school year):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Senior Boarder</p></td><td><p>£10,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Day</p></td><td><p>£7,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior Boarder</p></td><td><p>£9,291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior Day</p></td><td><p>£6,504</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where school fees exceed the termly ceiling, staff are required to meet the difference.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:06 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1105219

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department holds data on the change in the number of schools-based police officers since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	237158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of schools-based officers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 02/04/2019 16:09:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105722

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Nuclear Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it remains their policy that a third of the UK's future long-term energy requirements should be met by civil nuclear power.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL14891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to believe that nuclear power has an important role to play as we transition to a low carbon economy, as long as it provides value for money for taxpayers and consumers. Our commitment to nuclear power has been demonstrated by giving the go-ahead to the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C, as well as launching our landmark £200m Nuclear Sector Deal last year, which includes support for advanced nuclear technologies.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:51 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1104647

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education: Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 19 March (HLWS1393), what part the BTEC National Diploma will play in the future examination framework and the current proposal to rigidly differentiate T levels qualifications from academic options.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL14772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>As announced in the Written Statement on 19 March (HLWS1393), the first part of a two-part consultation reviewing qualifications at level 3 and below (excluding A levels and GCSEs) was launched on 19 March and will conclude on 10 June. The second part of the consultation will open later in the year.</p><p>The government is reviewing qualifications at level 3 and below for post-16 students and proposes to stop funding qualifications which are low quality and do not have a clear purpose. Analysis published by the department has highlighted over 12,000 courses that are currently on offer to young people at level 3 and below, with multiple qualifications available in the same subject areas.</p><p>As identified in the ‘Review of vocational education: the Wolf report’, the ‘Post-16 skills plan’ and the ‘Report of the independent panel on technical education’, many of these qualifications are poor quality and offer little value to students or employers. Although many qualifications were reformed to meet performance table criteria following Professor Wolf’s report, there is still much to do to raise the standard of all qualifications. Once the review has concluded, the government’s aim is that qualifications available alongside A levels, T levels and apprenticeships will be high quality and will set students on a clear path to a job, further education or training. All three reports are attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Review_of-vocational_education_the_Wolf_report.pdf title Review_of-vocational_education_the_Wolf_report 2 file name Post_16_Skills_Plan.pdf title Post_16_Skills_Plan 3 file name Report_of_the_Independent_Panel_on_Technical_Education.pdf title Report_of_the_Independent_Panel_on_Technical_Educa question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:12 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett