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1129562

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date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	5G
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Nominet 5G spectrum sharing, published in September 2018, which explores dynamic spectrum access possibilities for 5G.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL16047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>In July 2018 Government published the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review which set out Government’s long-term strategy for world leading telecoms infrastructure. In the Review Government identified the introduction of flexible, shared spectrum models - such as dynamic spectrum access - as a strategic priority.</p><p> </p><p>Government regularly engages with industry on a range of topics - including spectrum sharing and 5G - and welcome industry feedback, including Nominet’s report. Government will continue to work with Ofcom and industry to support innovation and investment and encourage competition within the market. We recently published our draft Statement of Strategic Priorities which consulted on, among others, our spectrum sharing ambitions. Ofcom, as the national regulatory authority, will have regard to these when carrying out the management of spectrum and other relevant functions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 13/06/2019 12:10:54 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1129735

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies do not have a sponsor.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	259837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>​As at 1 June 2019 there are 8,678 open academies and free schools. 2,631 of these do not have a sponsor. The majority of these are converter academies where there is no requirement for a sponsor. There is also a small number who were formerly sponsored but no longer have a sponsor.</p><p> </p><p>There are 161 local authority maintained schools in the process of becoming a sponsored academy. Of these 161 schools, 83 (52%) have no sponsor assigned to them; some of these, will be early in the conversion process.</p><p> </p><p>Schools can draw on their reserves for a range of planned and sensible reasons. This is not an issue in and of itself, unless it is symptomatic of a trend towards a cumulative deficit. Cumulative deficit and surplus positions are a more reliable overall measure of financial health. In-year spending often presents an inconsistent picture.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 2,631 academies without a sponsor, 1,243 are recorded as having expenditure that exceeded income in 2017/18. This can often be planned expenditure using reserves strategically. There were 182 with a cumulative deficit. If the sums are significant, the trust may, as appropriate, be subject to scrutiny or intervention by ESFA. Of the 83 local authority maintained schools in the process of becoming a sponsored academy, 50 had expenditure that exceeded income, while 28 had a cumulative deficit.</p><p> </p><p>When a local authority maintained school with a deficit becomes a sponsored academy, the deficit remains with the local authority, in line with our published guidance. Likewise, when an academy with a deficit is in scope to transfer to a new trust, any deficit at the academy at the point of transfer would ordinarily remain with the outgoing trust in line with our published guidance.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 259838 259839 question first answered 12/06/2019 14:13:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1129736

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies without a sponsor have a budget deficit.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	259838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>​As at 1 June 2019 there are 8,678 open academies and free schools. 2,631 of these do not have a sponsor. The majority of these are converter academies where there is no requirement for a sponsor. There is also a small number who were formerly sponsored but no longer have a sponsor.</p><p> </p><p>There are 161 local authority maintained schools in the process of becoming a sponsored academy. Of these 161 schools, 83 (52%) have no sponsor assigned to them; some of these, will be early in the conversion process.</p><p> </p><p>Schools can draw on their reserves for a range of planned and sensible reasons. This is not an issue in and of itself, unless it is symptomatic of a trend towards a cumulative deficit. Cumulative deficit and surplus positions are a more reliable overall measure of financial health. In-year spending often presents an inconsistent picture.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 2,631 academies without a sponsor, 1,243 are recorded as having expenditure that exceeded income in 2017/18. This can often be planned expenditure using reserves strategically. There were 182 with a cumulative deficit. If the sums are significant, the trust may, as appropriate, be subject to scrutiny or intervention by ESFA. Of the 83 local authority maintained schools in the process of becoming a sponsored academy, 50 had expenditure that exceeded income, while 28 had a cumulative deficit.</p><p> </p><p>When a local authority maintained school with a deficit becomes a sponsored academy, the deficit remains with the local authority, in line with our published guidance. Likewise, when an academy with a deficit is in scope to transfer to a new trust, any deficit at the academy at the point of transfer would ordinarily remain with the outgoing trust in line with our published guidance.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 259837 259839 question first answered 12/06/2019 14:13:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1129737

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies do not have a sponsor because they have a budget deficit.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	259839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>​As at 1 June 2019 there are 8,678 open academies and free schools. 2,631 of these do not have a sponsor. The majority of these are converter academies where there is no requirement for a sponsor. There is also a small number who were formerly sponsored but no longer have a sponsor.</p><p> </p><p>There are 161 local authority maintained schools in the process of becoming a sponsored academy. Of these 161 schools, 83 (52%) have no sponsor assigned to them; some of these, will be early in the conversion process.</p><p> </p><p>Schools can draw on their reserves for a range of planned and sensible reasons. This is not an issue in and of itself, unless it is symptomatic of a trend towards a cumulative deficit. Cumulative deficit and surplus positions are a more reliable overall measure of financial health. In-year spending often presents an inconsistent picture.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 2,631 academies without a sponsor, 1,243 are recorded as having expenditure that exceeded income in 2017/18. This can often be planned expenditure using reserves strategically. There were 182 with a cumulative deficit. If the sums are significant, the trust may, as appropriate, be subject to scrutiny or intervention by ESFA. Of the 83 local authority maintained schools in the process of becoming a sponsored academy, 50 had expenditure that exceeded income, while 28 had a cumulative deficit.</p><p> </p><p>When a local authority maintained school with a deficit becomes a sponsored academy, the deficit remains with the local authority, in line with our published guidance. Likewise, when an academy with a deficit is in scope to transfer to a new trust, any deficit at the academy at the point of transfer would ordinarily remain with the outgoing trust in line with our published guidance.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 259837 259838 question first answered 12/06/2019 14:13:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1129879

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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 NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on embedding the Same Day Emergency Care model in (a) medical and (b) surgical specialities in each NHS hospital during 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, an Implementation Framework will be published shortly which will set out the next steps the National Health Service will take to deliver the commitments and the national activity and support available to systems. The Implementation Framework will assist local health systems, who will build on the engagement already taking place across the country, in developing their strategic Long Term Plan implementation plan over the summer. NHS England and Improvement will then publish a national implementation plan in the autumn.</p><p>The Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Hospitals Programme team conducted a review in December and January 2019 on the progress that Hospitals had made with implementing SDEC services where they had a Type 1 emergency department.</p><p>In February 2019, across England 92% of trusts had a SDEC service, 71% were open every day, 65% of those that had a service were open 12 hours a day when they were open.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/06/2019 13:28:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1129627

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Acrylamide: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the threat of cancer from acrylamide in (a) food and (b) tobacco smoke.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	259846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Since the mid-2000s, when acrylamide was first highlighted as a food safety concern, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has worked with industry and European counterparts to mitigate the risks of acrylamide to consumers. It has developed a Code of Practice for food businesses; provided local authorities with guidance to ensure business compliance; and worked with catering establishments to reduce acrylamide formation during food preparation.</p><p>The FSA continues to take an active role in European Union/United Kingdom negotiations to develop a process for setting regulatory limits for acrylamide in certain products such as those intended for infants and young children.</p><p>The EU does not include acrylamide in its list of priority additives contained in cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco that are subject to enhanced reporting obligations under the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU).</p><p>The best way to reduce the risk from tobacco smoke is to reduce smoking. The UK is a world leader in tobacco control, with a comprehensive programme to reduce smoking prevalence, including fiscal measures, a ban on all forms of advertising and promotion, smoke free mass media campaigns, action to tackle illegal tobacco and evidence-based support for smokers to quit.</p><p>In recent years, adult smoking prevalence has been declining at an accelerated rate and the government is working with partners across the healthcare system towards the achievement of a smoke free generation.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/06/2019 16:27:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129660

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements his Department entered into in 2018-2019.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	260107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes data regarding Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements (ATCAs) on an annual basis. The latest publication which covers data up to 2017-18 is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for 2018-19 will be published later this year. This will include the number of Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements HMRC has entered into during the year. HMRC does not currently centrally record and monitor the number of applications made in the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 260108 question first answered 10/06/2019 14:38:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1129661

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements were made in 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	260108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes data regarding Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements (ATCAs) on an annual basis. The latest publication which covers data up to 2017-18 is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for 2018-19 will be published later this year. This will include the number of Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements HMRC has entered into during the year. HMRC does not currently centrally record and monitor the number of applications made in the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 260107 question first answered 10/06/2019 14:38:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1129687

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the number of pilot projects initially envisaged as part of the environmental land management scheme has been reduced.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	259848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>My officials are currently developing plans for the National Pilot of the Environmental Land Management scheme. Among other things, this will involve deciding how many farmers and other land managers will take part. Decisions on specific numbers have not yet been made. The pilot is likely to begin with relatively small numbers of participants to help test the prototype system, identify problems and make improvements. The intention is to increase numbers of participants throughout the three year pilot period to test the system on a larger scale.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/06/2019 09:52:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129680

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2011 to Question HL14975, what the timeframe is for his Department to conclude its consideration of the UNICEF report entitled Healthy Air for Healthy Children; whether he plans to publish a response to that report; and what steps he is taking to ensure that personal air quality (a) monitors and (b) messaging systems will be made available to inform the public.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	260082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the Healthy Air for Healthy Children report. There are no plans to formally review the methodology and conclusions nor publish a response to the report.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Air Quality Grant more than £3 million of government funding has been awarded to 28 innovative projects to improve air quality across local authorities in England. This includes funding to trial new technology to test the effectiveness of low-cost sensors to better understand the air quality data they produce.</p><p> </p><p>Air Quality forecasts and information are already published on the Defra UKAIR website. We are undertaking further work to understand the range of different audiences for air quality information, the differing requirements of those audiences, and how air quality information needs to be tailored to meet those different audiences’ needs.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/06/2019 15:33:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen