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1045889

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of international students choosing to study in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	211071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The government fully recognises the important economic and cultural contribution that EU and international students make to the UK’s higher education sector. We want that contribution to continue and we are confident – given the world-class quality of our higher education sector – that it will. We welcome international students and there continues to be no limit on the number who can come here to study, nor any plans to limit any institution’s ability to recruit them.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains a highly attractive destination for non-EU students, with their numbers remaining at record highs – over 170,000 non-EU entrants to UK higher education institutions for the seventh year running. The UK is a world-leading destination for study, with 4 universities in the world’s top 10 and 16 in the top 100 – second only to the USA. We actively promote study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and to over 100 countries through the British Council.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the government announced on 21 January that an international education strategy will be produced by the Department for Education and the Department for International Trade in 2019. The strategy will set out the government’s ambition for international education, in which international students play a key role, and plans to support the sector in driving growth in education exports.</p><p> </p><p>In the Immigration White Paper, published on 19 December 2018, the UK government proposed to increase the post-study leave period for international students following completion of studies to 12 months for those completing a PhD, and to 6 months for all full-time postgraduate students and undergraduate students at institutions with degree awarding powers. Going beyond the recommendations set out by the Migration Advisory Committee, these proposals will benefit tens of thousands of international students.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/01/2019 10:56:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1045941

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	District Heating: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to regulate district heating systems.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	211073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Heat networks are an important part of our Clean Growth Strategy with the potential to play a vital role in the long-term decarbonisation of heating. In December last year, we published our approach to establishing a regulated framework for heat networks. We set out three priorities for the sector: protecting consumers; building investment; and maximising the decarbonisation benefits of heat networks. This built on the Competition and Market Authority’s recommendations for heat network regulation, published in the summer.</p><p>We intend to consult on more detailed policy proposals later this year. Any subsequent legislation would be introduced when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/01/2019 17:35:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1045930

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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	Animals: Trade
	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 progress he has made in developing a replacement for the Trade Control and Expert System required after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	211072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>A replacement for the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) has been developed and is currently being tested.</p><p>This new system allows importers to raise notifications of consignments bound for the UK and enables port health authorities to carry out and record checks on imports.</p><p>Once the new system is ready to go live, importers with the greatest need will be given access. This managed roll-out will enable us to further test and refine the system before the full public release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/01/2019 17:31:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1046062

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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	Broadband: Rural Areas
	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 the (a) the supplier contribution, (b) estimated take-up; (c) actual take-up, and (d) associated take-up clawback are for each project involved in the roll-out of rural broadband.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	211080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The public subsidy and most recent actual take-up figures can be found on our public-facing document - Link below:</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hs00bNsyRV1WoOt-fow3rsNXzpcKg26AsOWvk1bvJRk/edit#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hs00bNsyRV1WoOt-fow3rsNXzpcKg26AsOWvk1bvJRk/edit#gid=0</a></p><p>Contract specific data is held by each Local Body for their own contracts, so you would need to direct this request to them. Please note that some of this data is commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/01/2019 17:53:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms