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1150983

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Catering and Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements the Government has with contractors for (a) cleaning and (b) catering in 10 Downing Street.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	2814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Cleaners in No 10 are Civil Servants and are not contractors. The catering services are provided via the Government Property Agency's Total Facilities Management Contract.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 24/10/2019 09:03:36 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1151136

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A15: Dual Carriageways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) local highway authorities and (b) other stakeholders on allocating funding to enable the A15 North of Lincoln to be dualled in whole or in part in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	2703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has not received any representations from either local highway authorities or other stakeholders on this matter in the last two years.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Major Road Network (MRN), the A15 north of Lincoln is eligible for consideration for funding from the National Roads Fund. However, no proposed scheme has been submitted for consideration under the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/10/2019 11:06:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1150914

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list in numerical order what the top ten accident and emergency departments were by number of patients seen in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/10/2019 11:52:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1150871

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 8 October to Question 293609, what (a) programmes and (b) deliverables were included in the Food, sustainable and competitive farming programme under the heading Food and Farming; and if she will publish the (i) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, (ii) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (iii) Annually Managed Expenditure funding allocated to each of those programmes for 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	2750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the table below that sets out 2019-20 planned funding and key deliverables for specific programmes. Negative figures show overall planned savings (this is where a small adjustment is needed to ensure the budget as a whole balances at the beginning of the financial year, these savings (negative balances) will be off-set against a positive budget later in the year when savings/priorities are identified) or income.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme and key deliverables</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sub-Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resource (£'000)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital (£'000)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Natural environment and atmosphere improvement programmes</strong> Deliverables: Deliver commitments in the Nitrogen Dioxide Air Quality Plan, the wider Clean Air Strategy and the National Air Pollution Control Programme to improve how information on air quality is provided, including better access to air quality forecasts and health advice. Monitor air quality through the UK’s air quality network and reduce emissions from permitted sites through the Industrial Emissions and Medium Combustion Plant Directives.</p></td><td><p>Departmental Expenditure Limit</p></td><td><p>Air Quality &amp; Industrial Emissions</p></td><td><p>86,389</p></td><td><p>-222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Waste</strong> Deliverables: Show leadership on tackling plastic pollution, with the aim to clean up the country and achieve a substantial reduction in litter. Take forward measures to reform Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, and ensure consistent and frequent collections for household rubbish and recycling. Implement new regulations to tackle waste crime, stop illegal waste activities and reduce illegal waste sites and marine plastic pollution through domestic, regional and global action.</p></td><td><p>Departmental Expenditure Limit</p></td><td><p>Waste and recycling</p></td><td><p>28,602</p></td><td><p>10,369</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Food, sustainable and competitive farming</strong> Deliverables: Making the UK a great place to start, thrive and grow as a farming or food and drink business, and help our businesses to deliver high quality products to more consumer markets across the globe. Continued delivery of the Rural Development Programme for England, seeking to improve environmental quality, support farm productivity improvements and drive rural economic growth. This programme of work is underpinned by science and evidence which delivers tactical, strategic and applied R&amp;D, statistical and economic analysis and behavioural insights.</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Departmental Expenditure Limit</p></td><td><p>Future farming and land use</p></td><td><p>67,462</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food chain programme</p></td><td><p>17,030</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 2747 2749 question first answered 30/10/2019 17:11:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1150866

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 8 October to Question 293612, what air quality programmes and deliverables are included under which headings; and if she will publish the (a) resource departmental expenditure limit, (b) capital departmental expenditure limit and (c) annually managed expenditure funding allocated to air quality programmes and deliverables for 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	2747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the table below that sets out 2019-20 planned funding and key deliverables for specific programmes. Negative figures show overall planned savings (this is where a small adjustment is needed to ensure the budget as a whole balances at the beginning of the financial year, these savings (negative balances) will be off-set against a positive budget later in the year when savings/priorities are identified) or income.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme and key deliverables</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sub-Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resource (£'000)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital (£'000)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Natural environment and atmosphere improvement programmes</strong> Deliverables: Deliver commitments in the Nitrogen Dioxide Air Quality Plan, the wider Clean Air Strategy and the National Air Pollution Control Programme to improve how information on air quality is provided, including better access to air quality forecasts and health advice. Monitor air quality through the UK’s air quality network and reduce emissions from permitted sites through the Industrial Emissions and Medium Combustion Plant Directives.</p></td><td><p>Departmental Expenditure Limit</p></td><td><p>Air Quality &amp; Industrial Emissions</p></td><td><p>86,389</p></td><td><p>-222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Waste</strong> Deliverables: Show leadership on tackling plastic pollution, with the aim to clean up the country and achieve a substantial reduction in litter. Take forward measures to reform Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging, and ensure consistent and frequent collections for household rubbish and recycling. Implement new regulations to tackle waste crime, stop illegal waste activities and reduce illegal waste sites and marine plastic pollution through domestic, regional and global action.</p></td><td><p>Departmental Expenditure Limit</p></td><td><p>Waste and recycling</p></td><td><p>28,602</p></td><td><p>10,369</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Food, sustainable and competitive farming</strong> Deliverables: Making the UK a great place to start, thrive and grow as a farming or food and drink business, and help our businesses to deliver high quality products to more consumer markets across the globe. Continued delivery of the Rural Development Programme for England, seeking to improve environmental quality, support farm productivity improvements and drive rural economic growth. This programme of work is underpinned by science and evidence which delivers tactical, strategic and applied R&amp;D, statistical and economic analysis and behavioural insights.</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Departmental Expenditure Limit</p></td><td><p>Future farming and land use</p></td><td><p>67,462</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food chain programme</p></td><td><p>17,030</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 2749 2750 question first answered 30/10/2019 17:11:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1150981

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of fine particulate matter in the air.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	2664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Our Clean Air Strategy, published in January 2019, proposes a comprehensive suite of actions required across all parts of Government to improve air quality and maximise public health benefits. This includes national regulations to reduce emissions from domestic burning, industry and farming, alongside an improved framework for local Government to tackle more localised issues. By implementing the policies in the strategy, we aim to reduce fine particulate matter concentrations and halve the number of people living in areas above the World Health Organisation guideline level for fine particulate matter by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The measures in the Environment Bill take forward key aspects of this strategy, and give local authorities more effective tools for tackling domestic burning in smoke control areas, which will help reduce harmful particulate matter pollution. Through the Bill, we will also introduce a framework for setting legally binding environmental targets, along with a specific duty on Government to set a target for fine particulate matter, which will deliver significant public health benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 25/10/2019 10:41:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1151175

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Alternative Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children are in Alternative Provision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>In January 2019, 16,134 pupils solely or mainly attended state-funded alternative provision (AP) at a pupil referral unit, AP academy or free school. A further 10,288 pupils attended this type of provision in addition to their main provider. As of October 2019, there are 327 alternative providers (including pupil referral units, AP academies and free schools).</p><p> </p><p>An additional 26,128 pupils attended other forms of AP for which they received local authority funding. This includes independent schools, further education colleges offering pre-16 provision, and unregistered settings including home schooling. As such, there is no central list of these providers.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently looking closely at what we need to do to ensure AP provides high quality education and the right support for these children that will enable them to succeed. The department wants to be as ambitious for them as we are for all children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this the government has launched a £4 million AP Innovation Fund which is delivering 9 projects focused on testing ways to improve outcomes for children in AP.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL253 question first answered 31/10/2019 14:14:06 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1151176

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Alternative Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many providers of Alternative Provision are registered.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>In January 2019, 16,134 pupils solely or mainly attended state-funded alternative provision (AP) at a pupil referral unit, AP academy or free school. A further 10,288 pupils attended this type of provision in addition to their main provider. As of October 2019, there are 327 alternative providers (including pupil referral units, AP academies and free schools).</p><p> </p><p>An additional 26,128 pupils attended other forms of AP for which they received local authority funding. This includes independent schools, further education colleges offering pre-16 provision, and unregistered settings including home schooling. As such, there is no central list of these providers.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently looking closely at what we need to do to ensure AP provides high quality education and the right support for these children that will enable them to succeed. The department wants to be as ambitious for them as we are for all children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this the government has launched a £4 million AP Innovation Fund which is delivering 9 projects focused on testing ways to improve outcomes for children in AP.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL252 question first answered 31/10/2019 14:14:06 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1151177

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Alternative Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that children in care who are in Alternative Provision are always educated by registered providers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Any independent alternative provision (AP) setting that provides full-time education to one or more children who is looked-after or who has an Education, Health and Care Plan must be registered as a school. It is a criminal offence to operate an unregistered school. We have successfully prosecuted those operating unregistered independent schools and would prosecute any AP setting that was operating as an unregistered independent school. Some children in care may access provision that is not legally required to register as a school if it is on a part-time basis as part of a wider package of education and support.</p><p> </p><p>In all cases, the duty on local authorities under the Children Act (1989) to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need in their areas applies regardless of where a child is educated. For children in care, their social worker should seek a school or other education setting that is best suited to the child’s needs, which may include a part-time, unregistered AP setting. In all cases, the local authority or school that commissions the place in AP should assure themselves that the setting is registered where applicable and the provision is delivered by high quality staff with suitable training, experience and safeguarding checks.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently looking closely at what we need to do to ensure AP provides high quality education and the right support to these children that will enable them to succeed. The department wants to be as ambitious for them as we are for all children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this the government has launched a £4 million AP Innovation Fund which is delivering nine projects focused on testing ways to improve outcomes for children in AP. In due course, we will set out plans to go further for improving outcomes for children in AP, including how we will support alternative providers to attract and develop high-quality staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/11/2019 12:03:41 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1151008

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Anne Sacoolas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Anne Sacoolas was protected by diplomatic immunity (a) in her own right and (b) as a dependent of her husband (i) since she first arrived in the UK and (ii) on the 27 August 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	2836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>As I explained to the House on 21 October, at the time of the accident, the American involved had diplomatic immunity as a result of the notification of her husband as a member of the administrative and technical staff of the US Embassy based at the Croughton annex.</p><p>As I also explained to the House, the UK Government was notified of the family's arrival in the UK in July 2019. The individual involved held immunity from the point of her arrival.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/10/2019 13:17:32 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry