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1697769

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Customs: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2024 to Question 14056 on Customs: Digital Technology, when he will publish the Government's response to the UK Single Trade Window: Consultation on Features to Inform Design and Legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	19853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government published full details of the Border Target Operating Model in August 2023 and the third stage, which involves the single trade window, is scheduled for 30 October, with the arrangements being made by Statutory Instrument rather than primary legislation. The Cabinet Office is considering whether a response to the UK Single Trade Window: Consultation on Features to Inform Design and Legislation should be published and when that would be most useful to all concerned.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 26/03/2024 17:48:29 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1697881

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11319 on Import Controls, whether the 17.4m additional safety and security declarations projected to be required is inclusive of the 4.5m consignments subject to sanitary and phytosanitary checks.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	19855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The forecast number of Safety &amp; Security (S&amp;S) declarations includes declarations for those goods which will also be subject to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements. The numbers referred to by the Hon Lady are not directly comparable, as a single S&amp;S declaration may correspond with multiple SPS requirements for the same shipment.</p><p>All goods, including those not subject to SPS requirements, will be subject to occasional intelligence-led checks by Border Force. S&amp;S declarations are an important part of Border Force’s frontier risk assessment processes. The data gathered informs intelligence-based checks to identify and seize illicit goods. Increased S&amp;S data will help us better target illicit goods, and allow legitimate goods to continue to move freely.</p><p>If a consignment is not subject to SPS requirements, it will not be subject to the Common User Charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 19856 19857 question first answered 26/03/2024 17:48:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1697882

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11319 on Import Controls, what checks will be carried out on consignments which require a safety and security declaration but which are not subject to sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	19856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The forecast number of Safety &amp; Security (S&amp;S) declarations includes declarations for those goods which will also be subject to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements. The numbers referred to by the Hon Lady are not directly comparable, as a single S&amp;S declaration may correspond with multiple SPS requirements for the same shipment.</p><p>All goods, including those not subject to SPS requirements, will be subject to occasional intelligence-led checks by Border Force. S&amp;S declarations are an important part of Border Force’s frontier risk assessment processes. The data gathered informs intelligence-based checks to identify and seize illicit goods. Increased S&amp;S data will help us better target illicit goods, and allow legitimate goods to continue to move freely.</p><p>If a consignment is not subject to SPS requirements, it will not be subject to the Common User Charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 19855 19857 question first answered 26/03/2024 17:48:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1697884

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11319 on Import Controls, whether consignments requiring a Safety and Security declaration but not subject to SPS requirements will be required to pay the Common User Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	19857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The forecast number of Safety &amp; Security (S&amp;S) declarations includes declarations for those goods which will also be subject to sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements. The numbers referred to by the Hon Lady are not directly comparable, as a single S&amp;S declaration may correspond with multiple SPS requirements for the same shipment.</p><p>All goods, including those not subject to SPS requirements, will be subject to occasional intelligence-led checks by Border Force. S&amp;S declarations are an important part of Border Force’s frontier risk assessment processes. The data gathered informs intelligence-based checks to identify and seize illicit goods. Increased S&amp;S data will help us better target illicit goods, and allow legitimate goods to continue to move freely.</p><p>If a consignment is not subject to SPS requirements, it will not be subject to the Common User Charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 19855 19856 question first answered 26/03/2024 17:48:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1689926

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued to Government departments on acceptable levels of profit for Government contracts; and whether he monitors compliance with that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	14566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Sourcing Playbook provides best practice guidance for government contracting. It sets out that suppliers should expect a fair return for the goods and services they provide. The Sourcing Playbook does not set out target profit margins as this is dependent on a range of factors, including market competitiveness and the level of risk transfer. Contracting authorities are responsible for ensuring they maximise value for money from their contracts.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 22/02/2024 17:04:36 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1689176

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Customs: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish his response to the Government's consultation on the UK Single Trade Window.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	14056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office will look to publish the government’s response to the UK Single Trade Window: Consultation on Features to Inform Design and Legislation in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 21/02/2024 15:58:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1687860

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 56 of The Border Target Operating Model, published in August 2023, what costs are within the scope of the estimated £330 million per year overall cost of the new model.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	13304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The estimated £330 million per year new costs to EU imports covers the costs to industry and traders for both Safety and Security and Sanitary and Phytosanitary aspects of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM).</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/02/2024 17:09:00 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1713024

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many level 7 apprenticeship starts there have been in small and medium sized businesses in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	23193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The most recent statistics on apprenticeship starts by business size relate to the 2020/21 academic year and are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics</a>.</p><p>The following table shows the number of apprenticeship starts at Level 6 and above by business size in the last five academic years for which data is available. Apprenticeships at Level 6 and 7 are not split out within published data so the figures are a combined total.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong><strong>018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong><strong>019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong><strong>020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>S</strong><strong>mall (0-49 employees)</strong></p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,880</p></td><td><p>3,870</p></td><td><p>5,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>M</strong><strong>edium (50-249 employees)</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for 2021/22 will be published in July 2024.</p><p>Apprenticeship starts are defined as the count of apprenticeship programmes that begin in an academic year, showing the take-up of programmes. An apprentice is counted for each apprenticeship they start at a provider.</p><p>More details on the methodology can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-methodology#content-section-4-content-1" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-methodology#content-section-4-content-1</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 26/04/2024 12:07:53 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1698371

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.15 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, how much and what proportion of the estimated £500 million of additional funding she plans to allocate in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	20305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The last economic data available at the time funding rates are set will be used to determine the proportions allocated in the 2025/6 and 2026/7 financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The department estimates the changing costs to providers by using the annual results of the Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers and the department’s cost pressures model, which also takes account of the different ages of children, as both reported staff-child ratios and the relative proportion of entitlement hours delivered by different provider types vary by child age. Separate calculations are therefore performed in respect of the different entitlements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 20306 question first answered 17/04/2024 12:10:31 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1698372

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.15 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, what weighting was given to (a) average earnings growth, (b) changes in the National Living Wage and (c) the (i) consumer price index and (ii) other measures of inflation when estimating that there would be £500 million of additional funding in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	20306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The last economic data available at the time funding rates are set will be used to determine the proportions allocated in the 2025/6 and 2026/7 financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The department estimates the changing costs to providers by using the annual results of the Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers and the department’s cost pressures model, which also takes account of the different ages of children, as both reported staff-child ratios and the relative proportion of entitlement hours delivered by different provider types vary by child age. Separate calculations are therefore performed in respect of the different entitlements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 20305 question first answered 17/04/2024 12:10:31 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy