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1045474

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2019
	date	21/01/2019
	date tabled	21/01/2019
	ddp created	21/01/2019 22:39:28
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	22/01/2019 15:35:10 28/01/2019 13:19:02
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	identifier	210428
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 12:47:13
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to the Serious Fraud Office to undertake investigations into (a) Mukhtar Ablyazov and (b) other cases of large-scale international money laundering.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210428
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210428
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The SFO has sufficient funding to carry out its work. Funding arrangements were reviewed in April 2018 when cost-neutral changes were made to the SFO’s core budget enabling it to work flexibly and efficiently. This allows the SFO to carry out its work, including money laundering investigations that fit within its statutory remit.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 12:47:13
	creator	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1041771

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/01/2019
	date	15/01/2019
	date tabled	15/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 20:19:14
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	16/01/2019 17:05:15 23/01/2019 18:03:01
	hansard heading	Coastal Communities Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	208795
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/01/2019 17:31:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the administration of round five of the coastal communities fund for England, (b) if he will publish the names of those winning bids for that fund, (c) how many complaints he has had about the administration of that fund and (d) how many requests he has had to halt the distribution of those funds.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208795
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208795
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>(a) </strong>A competitive tendering exercise was held to appoint a contractor to help my Department administer Round 5 of the Coastal Communities Fund. This was managed by the Crown Commercial Service under their Grants and Programmes Framework Agreement. Groundwork UK were appointed to the Framework following a rigorous selection process and met all due diligence requirements. They were selected to administer the Round 5 grant application and assessment procedures following further competitive tendering under the Framework. They have demonstrated effectively that they can deliver the detailed administration requirements of the Fund in a fair and unbiased way, drawing on their extensive experience of administering other competitive grant programmes.</p><p><strong>(b) </strong>To date 16 Round 5 ‘fast track’ applications worth £6 million have submitted successful bids to the Fund. A full list of the winning bids can be found at the gov.uk web site using the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding</a>.</p><p>We expect to announce the successful Round 5 main round winners by Spring 2019.</p><p><strong>(c) </strong>and <strong>(d) </strong>Two complaints have been received over the administration of Round 5, one of which also asked that the distribution of funds under Round 5 is halted until an independent audit of the application process is undertaken.</p> question first answered 23/01/2019 17:31:07
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1043712

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2019
	date	18/01/2019
	date tabled	18/01/2019
	ddp created	18/01/2019 15:55:39
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	21/01/2019 14:35:05 28/01/2019 17:06:01
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	identifier	210048
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 16:34:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce priority housing status for all homeless survivors of domestic abuse in the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210048
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210048
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime that nobody should have to suffer. The Government is absolutely committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse and their families.</p><p>A victim of domestic abuse already has priority need under the homelessness legislation if they are vulnerable as a result of having to leave accommodation because of violence from another person, or threats of violence from another person that are likely to be carried out.</p><p>In addition, people who are homeless or owed a duty under the homelessness legislation must be given reasonable preference (priority) for social housing. Statutory guidance issued in 2012 goes further and makes it clear that local authorities should consider giving additional preference (high priority) to those who are homeless and require urgent rehousing as a result of domestic abuse.</p><p>The Department has no plans currently to change the definition of priority need or reasonable preference.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 16:34:46
	creator	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1052427

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/02/2019
	date	17/12/2018
	date tabled	17/12/2018
	ddp created	01/02/2019 16:09:59
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 14:15:07 11/02/2019 17:44:04
	hansard heading	Human Rights
	house id	1
	identifier	215610
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:12:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's review of the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development considered compliance with the (a) the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, (b) the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, (c) the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and (d) the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 215610
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215610
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government considered its compliance with all its international commitments, and its duties under the Equality Act 2010, in preparing the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, and in preparing its response. The Government’s response to the consultation was published on 6 February, and includes a range of measures to promote the provision of traveller sites, and sets out details of wider support to improve outcomes for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community.</p> question first answered 11/02/2019 17:12:33
	creator	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

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

1041261

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 01:25:09
	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 16:15:09 21/01/2019 17:24:03
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	identifier	208305
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 16:52:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the supported internships scheme in helping young people diagnosed with autism achieve sustainable paid employment.
	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 208305
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208305
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Supported internships offer young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities a clear pathway into employment.</p><p>A Department for Education led trial of supported internships in 2012 to 2013 was formally evaluated and found that of the 190 young people who completed a supported internship and participated in the research, 36% gained paid employment, including apprenticeships (5%).</p><p>Good practice examples of supported internships are also gathered by our delivery partner, the <em>National Development Team for Inclusion</em>, and published on the Preparing for Adulthood website.</p><p>We are keen to do more to increase the uptake of supported internships and are considering how we can build the evidence base further.</p> question first answered 21/01/2019 16:52:40
	creator	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1041735

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/01/2019
	date	15/01/2019
	date tabled	15/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 20:17:12
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	16/01/2019 16:55:28 23/01/2019 15:47:05
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	identifier	208844
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/01/2019 15:15:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on Official Development Assistance in each year since 2015.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208844
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208844
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Some of the department’s spend is classified as Official Development Assistance (ODA). The estimated figures for each year from 2015 to 2017 are contained in the table below; 2018 figures are not yet available. The spend relates to the provision of education to child and unaccompanied child asylum seekers in the 12 months after they make an asylum claim in the UK.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department spend classified as ODA (£million)</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/01/2019 15:15:40
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1041780

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2019
	date	15/01/2019
	date tabled	15/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 20:19:40
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	16/01/2019 17:15:34 21/01/2019 16:45:11
	hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium: Equipment
	house id	1
	identifier	208949
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/01/2019 16:14:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to primary schools seeking to achieve the goals set out for the PE and Sports Premium who wish to use that premium to buy equipment.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208949
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208949
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Education’s full guidance for the use of PE and Sport Premium can be viewed online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools</a>.</p><p>The guidance is clear that primary schools have considerable freedom to use the PE and Sport Premium in the way which will best meet the needs of their pupils. It cannot be used to fund capital expenditure, but the department does not set the capitalisation policy for each school. School business managers, school accountants and their auditors are best placed to advise on school’s agreed capitalisation policy, and how it relates to the purchase of sport equipment.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/01/2019 16:14:09
	creator	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones