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1311494

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Exports: Small Businesses
	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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on SMEs and their ability to export internationally outside of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	186009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>On 13 April, the Office for National Statistics released the latest statistics on EU-UK trade which show a welcome growth in the value of trade with the EU, with goods exports close to the average 2020 level.</p><p>The vast majority of traders and hauliers have adapted well, and our focus now is on making sure that any business that is still facing challenges gets the support they need. We are continuing to monitor and assess the situation, including any potential change in trade patterns.</p><p>We have made an additional £20m available to support SMEs with new requirements when trading with the EU. More info can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-20-million-sme-brexit-support-fund</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 28/04/2021 16:37:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1311538

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of achievement at the end of compulsory education in (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) the rest of England.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	186010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has published a wide range of data on the attainment of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 at both national and local level on 26 November 2020. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/key-stage-4-performance-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/key-stage-4-performance-2020</a>.</p><p><strong><br> </strong>The latest published data shows that in the Portsmouth South constituency, the average attainment 8 score was 47.5 compared with an average attainment 8 score of 50.2 across all state funded schools in England.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/04/2021 14:46:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1311539

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of students who go to university from (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) the rest of England.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	186011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on the number of 18 year olds accepted to full-time undergraduate higher education (HE) courses in the UK by domicile and parliament constituency.</p><p>The attached table shows the number of 18 year old accepted applicants to UK HE providers, the population estimates for the number of 18 year olds and the entry rate of 18 year old accepted applicants to UK HE providers for the Portsmouth South constituency and England.</p><p>In 2020, the entry rate of 18 year old accepted applicants to UK HE providers for Portsmouth South was 26.9%, compared to 37.9% for England, a difference of 11 percentage points.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 28/04/2021 11:11:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name PQ 186011 - table showing 18 year old accepted applicants to higher education courses in Portsmouth South and England.pdf title PQ_186011_table_applicants_to_higher_education
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1311569

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of inconsistency in External Wall System forms, including buildings receiving conflicting assessments, on (a) leaseholders nationally and (b) residents of the Blue Building in Portsmouth.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	186012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/04/2021 11:06:27 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 99949 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1310100

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the clinical evidential basis is for his Department’s decision to delay the return of university students to face-to-face teaching.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	183267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to taking a cautious approach to easing restrictions, guided by data instead of dates. Much of the data that has been used to inform decision making has already been published.</p><p>It is important that we continue to take a cautious – but irreversible – approach to re-opening. Moving too fast, too soon, risks a resurgence in infections, hospitalisations and deaths. Whilst we are aware that there is limited evidence of transmission in in-person teaching environments, we must not lose sight of the risks the virus poses and must stay vigilant throughout to ensure this roadmap provides a one-way passage to returning to a more normal life.</p><p>We have worked extremely closely with scientists and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) to understand and model various scenarios to inform our plan that seeks to enable us to re-open the country without putting unsustainable pressure on the NHS. We have also examined economic and social data to get a balanced understanding of the impacts of carefully easing restrictions. The government has also carefully considered data on the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on ethnic minority communities, the vulnerable, the young, and low-income groups.</p><p>The government has taken into account all the scientific advice and models that suggest that allowing additional indoor mixing at an earlier stage when prevalence is higher and fewer people have been vaccinated would result in significantly higher numbers of infections and that is why restrictions outdoors have been eased first and restrictions on most indoor activity will remain in place. As the number of people vaccinated increases, we anticipate being able to take steps to ease further as more people are protected.</p><p>A wealth of data, papers and evidence is being published at the same time as the Roadmap, to ensure transparency on the information the government has had available to it in reaching its decisions. This includes information from Public Health England:</p><ul><li>Information on vaccine effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccination</li><li>A surveillance report with a more detailed summary of the findings so far from the SARS-CoV-2 Immunity &amp; REinfection EvaluatioN (SIREN) study and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Watch</li><li>A technical paper on the SIREN analysis being published (as a pre-print) by the Lancet</li></ul><p>The papers from SAGE include:</p><ul><li>Minutes from the last 4 SAGE meetings</li><li>Children’s Task and Finish Group paper: ‘COVID-19 in higher education settings, 10 February 2021’</li><li>3 papers from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M), with a summary of modelling on scenarios for easing restrictions, together with the supporting papers from modellers at Warwick and Imperial universities</li><li>A collection of papers from SPI-M on “relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and the re-opening of schools”, Independent Pandemic Scientific Insights Group on Behaviours (the behavioural experts’ sub-group of SAGE) on return to campus for the spring term and the risk of increased transmission from student migration</li></ul> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 26/04/2021 13:21:26 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1310101

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government financial support available for university students.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	183268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We understand that this is a very difficult and uncertain time for students. We are working with universities, higher education (HE) institutions, mission groups, unions and professional sector bodies to make sure that all reasonable efforts are being made to enable all students to continue their studies and to provide the support required for them to do so.</p><p>In these exceptional circumstances, we recognise that some students may face financial hardship. On 13 April, we announced that we are making a further £15 million of additional student hardship funding available for the 2020/21 academic year. In total, we have made an additional £85 million of funding available for student hardship since December. HE providers have flexibility in how they distribute the funding to students in a way that best prioritises those in greatest need.</p><p>To support with this further, we have worked closely with the Office for Students to help clarify that HE providers can draw upon existing funding to increase hardship funds and support disadvantaged and vulnerable students impacted by COVID-19. HE providers are able to use the funding, worth around £256 million for academic year 2020/21, towards student hardship funds, including the purchase of IT equipment</p><p>We want to make sure all students receive the right amount of student support to complete their studies. Students who received a loan for living costs at the living away from home rates in the spring term have received a loan at the same rate in the summer term, even though they may be staying at their family home to comply with public health guidance. This change to the funding rules will help cover any accommodation costs students may still be incurring at their term time address in the summer term. The maximum loans for living costs for the 2020/21 academic year have been increased by 2.9%, with a further 3.1% increase for the 2021/22 academic year, to record levels in cash terms.</p><p>Students who have applied for a loan for living costs for the current 2020/21 academic year have been awarded a lower amount than the maximum and believe their household income for the 2020-21 tax year will drop by at least 15% compared to the household income they provided when they were initially assessed, can apply for their entitlement to be reassessed.</p><p>In addition, students undertaking courses that would normally require attendance on-site, but for which learning has moved either fully or partially online due to COVID-19, will qualify for living cost support in the 2020/21 academic year as they would ordinarily, provided they continue to engage with their HE provider. This also applies when the student is prevented from attending the course physically and is required to study online due to shielding.</p><p>The current measures aim to target support for students in greatest need, and we will continue to monitor the situation and adjust sector guidance and support where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 26/04/2021 13:28:34 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1310102

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University of Portsmouth: Coronavirus
	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 potential merits of university students in Portsmouth returning to face-to-face teaching following the end of the current academic term.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	183269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We have always been committed to getting students back onto campus as soon as the public health situation allows. At every stage, we have prioritised students’ education and helping students to meet their learning outcomes, which is why students on creative and practical courses or practice-based courses have been able to return to in-person teaching since March.</p><p>We understand that, in some universities, teaching may have concluded by 17 May. However, the wider experience outside the classroom is also important and we know that students are keen to get back to campus and universities are keen to have them back. We want to enable this as soon as the public health situation allows, even if some universities have concluded teaching.</p><p>A return in line with step 3 of the roadmap allows time for students to receive some teaching, engage with cocurricular activities, take part in face-to-face careers support and in activities to build employability skills. As students return to campus, there will also be more opportunities for universities to provide mental health support for them.</p><p>For many students, teaching does not end in May. For example, postgraduate students, both taught and research, will continue their studies throughout the summer, as will some students on some healthcare courses or who start at different times throughout the year. It is also open to universities, as autonomous institutions, to put on teaching outside of their normal term dates, if they consider this appropriate to fulfil their duties to their students.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 26/04/2021 13:39:28 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1310286

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	English Language: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the ability of UK teachers of English as a Foreign Language to secure work in the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	183270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office has made no such assessment given the Home Office has no responsibility for outbound mobility.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2021 15:04:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1309869

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on repairing fire damage aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	182094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>Minor repairs required as a result of fire damage are conducted as part of routine fleet maintenance activity. There has been no fire-related repair activity separate to this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/04/2021 10:37:29 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1309870

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2021
	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	Electricity Interconnectors: Portsmouth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what restrictions he plans to place on third party access to the data infrastructure contained in the proposed AQUIND subsea interconnector; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	182095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The AQUIND subsea interconnector project is in the early planning stage. DCMS works with industry to manage the development of the UK’s submarine cable network including assessing and mitigating the physical, personnel, and cyber risks involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/04/2021 13:19:45 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan