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1047034

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current funding for the 16 to 19 bursary.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	211663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The department provides a number of financial support programmes for economically disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds to help with the education-related costs associated with staying in post-16 education. The 16-19 Bursary Fund is the principal scheme. Under the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, young people are eligible for awards of up to £1,200 per year (in particular, vulnerable groups that generally do not receive financial support from their families). Those not in these particular vulnerable groups, but who still need financial support, can apply to their education institution for discretionary bursary support. Each institution receives an allocation to make available these discretionary bursaries.</p><p>The department spoke with a sample of schools, colleges and other 16-19 education providers in 2018 to help us understand how the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund was being used and to assess the extent to which discretionary bursary allocations met the needs of students in the different institutions. Providers were using the available funds to support their most disadvantaged students, but there were different responses on the adequacy of funding. We are continuing to keep the use of the fund under review to inform our understanding of whether it is providing effective support to our most economically disadvantaged students.</p><p>With regard to its effectiveness in promoting social mobility, providers have the flexibility to target those young people in most need of financial support to stay on in further education and training. This flexibility helps to ensure that the poorest students get the same opportunities available to those with more financial support, for example, by purchasing equipment for technical courses, taking part in trips, purchasing books, participating in industry placements and getting support with UCAS fees. The majority of providers that the department spoke to in 2018 confirmed that this funding was making a significant impact on the ability of young people to access opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/01/2019 16:49:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 97554 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1047035

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund: Social Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 16 - 19 bursary in promoting social mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	211664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The department provides a number of financial support programmes for economically disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds to help with the education-related costs associated with staying in post-16 education. The 16-19 Bursary Fund is the principal scheme. Under the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, young people are eligible for awards of up to £1,200 per year (in particular, vulnerable groups that generally do not receive financial support from their families). Those not in these particular vulnerable groups, but who still need financial support, can apply to their education institution for discretionary bursary support. Each institution receives an allocation to make available these discretionary bursaries.</p><p>The department spoke with a sample of schools, colleges and other 16-19 education providers in 2018 to help us understand how the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund was being used and to assess the extent to which discretionary bursary allocations met the needs of students in the different institutions. Providers were using the available funds to support their most disadvantaged students, but there were different responses on the adequacy of funding. We are continuing to keep the use of the fund under review to inform our understanding of whether it is providing effective support to our most economically disadvantaged students.</p><p>With regard to its effectiveness in promoting social mobility, providers have the flexibility to target those young people in most need of financial support to stay on in further education and training. This flexibility helps to ensure that the poorest students get the same opportunities available to those with more financial support, for example, by purchasing equipment for technical courses, taking part in trips, purchasing books, participating in industry placements and getting support with UCAS fees. The majority of providers that the department spoke to in 2018 confirmed that this funding was making a significant impact on the ability of young people to access opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/01/2019 16:50:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 97893 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1045575

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what studies his Department has commissioned into the long-term effect of abortion on (a) women’s health and (b) younger women's health including risk of future miscarriage, premature birth and suicide in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	210515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned any such studies. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing a new guideline on termination of pregnancy. This process involves consideration of the latest available evidence around complications during and after termination. The guideline is expected to be published in September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/01/2019 13:41:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1047782

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Absent Voting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the ease with which people travelling abroad can register to vote by proxy.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	212340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The cost to taxpayers of delivering the 2016 EU Referendum was £129.1 million. A breakdown of that cost is provided in the report published by the Electoral Commission.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The then Government undertook publicity on EU membership ahead of the referendum. This cost an additional £9.3 million.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The total cost to taxpayers was thus £138.4 million</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Electors who are registered to vote but will be travelling abroad during the time of an election are able to apply for a proxy vote for that particular poll or polls. The application must be made in writing, it must include specific information about the elector and their proxy, and the reason for applying for a proxy.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/01/2019 09:42:51 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2019 16:30:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 97720 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1046155

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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, with reference to the The Nuffield Trust paper published on 30 December 2018, what steps his Department is taking to address the increased likelihood that patients residing in deprived areas will be admitted as an emergency compared to those in less deprived areas.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has noted the Nuffield Trust’s blog ‘Are parts of England 'left behind' by the NHS?’.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to ensure everyone from all walks of life has the same opportunity for a long, healthy life. The Department’s prevention vision puts prevention at the heart of the nation’s health, shifting the focus from treatment of individual conditions to improving long term health and putting more resource into primary and community care.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how the National Health Service will develop over the coming years and take stronger action surrounding health inequalities. NHS England has committed to ensuring a higher share of funding goes towards geographies with high health inequalities. This funding is estimated to be worth over £1 billion by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, NHS England will commission the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation to conduct and publish a review of the inequalities adjustment to the funding formulae.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/01/2019 17:25:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046094

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Action Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of fraud Action Fraud received in each year since 2013 by police force area.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	211126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects statistics on the number of fraud cases reported to Action Fraud by each Police Force Area on a quarterly basis. These data are published as Experimental statistics in the Office for National Statistics ‘Crime in England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>The table provided goes back to the year ending March 2015, the earliest year that fraud data was available by Police Force Area.</p><p>The next release of the ‘Crime in England and Wales’ statistical bulletin is due to be published on 24th January and will include fraud cases reported to Action Fraud for the year ending September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/01/2019 15:22:40 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1045904

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policies and procedures his Department had put in place in relation to the (a) legal and (b) other advice on to the release of information about an individual in the criminal justice system; what policies and procedure his Department had put in place for the (i) designation and (ii) authorisation of personnel to release that information at the time when information on Jon Venables being in custody was released on or around 2 March 2010; whether changes to those policies and procedures since that date; and how changes to those policies and procedures were issued to staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	211132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is the Department’s policy not to release information about an individual in the criminal justice system, although it will sometimes be necessary for the Department to confirm information which is already in the public domain.</p><p> </p><p>Under the statutory Probation Victim Contact Scheme (VCS), qualifying victims who have chosen to receive the services of the VCS are entitled to receive certain information about an offender at key stages of the sentence being served by that offender. It is for the Probation Victim Liaison Officer (VLO) to provide that information to victims.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the offender once known as Jon Venables, a VLO employed by a Probation Trust was designated and authorised to disclose to qualifying victims on or around 2 March 2010 that Venables had been recalled to custody for breaching his licence conditions.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no change to the relevant policies and procedures since that time, albeit that VLOs are no longer employed by a Probation Trust but by the National Probation Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/01/2019 16:09:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1046169

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments of British personnel from the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force there have been in each year of Operation Toral.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	211186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>The number of UK Armed Forces personnel deployed on operations by financial year (FY) is provided below:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Operation Toral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tri-Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,400</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,340</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,710</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Operation Shader</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>2,420</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tri-Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,510</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,910</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,230</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Operation Cabrit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tri-Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>380</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,560</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ul><li>UK Armed Forces personnel’ includes UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel and mobilised reservists.</li><li>Navy figures include Service personnel from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ul><li>Service personnel deployed on the same operation across two successive financial years are only counted once and against the earlier financial year.</li><li>Earliest instance of deployment on Operation Cabrit was in FY 2016-17.</li><li>Deployment data is derived from the Joint Personnel Administration `Move and Track` system.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ul><li>All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Figures below 5 denoted by ~, zero denoted by -.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ul><li>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 211185 211187 question first answered 29/01/2019 12:58:16 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1046844

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Age Addition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to uprate the 25 pence age addition for pensioners over 80 who are currently entitled to it; and whether the Government has any plans to provide further financial assistance to pensioners who are over 80 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	211869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The age addition is paid with State Pension when individuals reach the age of 80. Although there are no plans to uprate the age addition amount, this should be considered alongside the range of other measures and benefits that are available to pensioners over age 80. This includes Pension Credit. People who are aged 80 and over receive a Winter Fuel Payment of £300, instead of the standard Winter Fuel Payment of £200 for pensioners below that age.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the non-contributory Category D State Pension is available to those aged over 80 with either no entitlement to a basic State Pension or who are entitled to State Pension of less than £75.50 per week who meet the residency conditions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/01/2019 16:38:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1045490

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect a seasonal agricultural workers scheme would have on small labour providers.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
	uin	210555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot will test the effectiveness of our immigration system at alleviating seasonal labour shortages during peak production periods, whilst looking at the wider impacts of such a scheme.</p><p><br>The pilot will start in the spring of this year and will run until the end of December 2020. It will be fully evaluated.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 210556 question first answered 29/01/2019 15:22:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen