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	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to enter the transport industry.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	35787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is leading efforts to promote training and career opportunities for young people in the transport sector. This will help ensure we can deliver the huge investment we are making in our transport system and help build the skilled workforce for the coming decades. Some of the steps we are taking include:</p><ul><li>Continuing to work with the Department for Education to ensure that Adult Education policy and Further Education reform proposals reflect the needs of the transport industry, and will work with our stakeholders to use the Department for Work and Pensions Kickstart scheme.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activity including by being a founding signatory of the Department for Educations ‘Tomorrow’s Engineers Code’, which aims to increase and support the number of young people taking up STEM subjects, making careers in engineering accessible and a reality for future generations.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the coming months we also plan to publish a Transport Labour Market and Skills Discussion Paper. This will set out the labour market and skills challenges and opportunities for the transport sector post Covid and how we plan to build a pipeline of talent for the future. We will use this as the basis of consultation with industry and other stakeholders to find out what more we can do to make progress in this vital area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/07/2021 11:31:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1145527

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	South Sudan: Peace Negotiations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his South Sudanese counterpart on the peace talks in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	290427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text The UK, with our Troika partners (US and Norway), continue to pressure the South Sudanese parties to deliver the commitments made in the 12 September 2018 peace agreement. When I met the President of South Sudan on 13 August I reaffirmed the UK's support for the people of South Sudan. I urged President Kiir to take the steps necessary to form a government of national unity, as set out in the peace agreement. Our Ambassador in Juba has reinforced this message with all sides, including with President Kiir on 3 September and with Foreign Minister Awut on 11 September. answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/10/2019 08:03:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1175645

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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	The Gambia: Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Gambian Government to tackle child abuse by Western tourists.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	11614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>We are engaging with Gambian officials, the tourism sector and international partners to ensure that the Government of The Gambia's zero tolerance on child abuse is understood and implemented. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs in The Gambia, established in 2019, is leading work on strengthening child protection arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/02/2020 16:07:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns