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1171503

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Copyright: EU Action
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 the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the EU Copyright Directive in UK law.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	4371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The deadline for implementing the EU Copyright Directive is 7 June 2021. The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on 31 January 2020 and the Implementation Period will end on 31 December 2020. The Government has committed not to extend the Implementation Period. Therefore, the United Kingdom will not be required to implement the Directive, and the Government has no plans to do so. Any future changes to the UK copyright framework will be considered as part of the usual domestic policy process.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 21/01/2020 16:18:56 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127136

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Health
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 effect of short-term contracts for academics on the health and wellbeing of those staff.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	255344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>As independent and autonomous institutions, higher education (HE) providers are responsible for decisions regarding the contracts they offer to academics. Like all employers, HE providers have a duty of care to their staff. The department expects them to take this very seriously.</p><p>I gave a speech on 7 May that focused on early career researcher contracts. I am keen that early career academics do not get lost from policy debates – particularly around key issues like mental health and wellbeing. I am looking forward to the upcoming publication of the revised Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, and I am serious about taking this forward. The full text of this speech can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/reaching-24-securing-the-research-talent-of-tomorrow" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/reaching-24-securing-the-research-talent-of-tomorrow</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 21/05/2019 15:50:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105907

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Business: Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to charge businesses to re-register for intellectual property protection in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	238407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed we will create comparable UK trade marks and re registered designs free of charge, in respect of all registered EU trade marks and designs.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses with pending EU trade mark and design applications can apply to the UK for the same protections afforded to their EU right, and pay the normal UK fees.</p><p> </p><p>Patents covering the UK are not affected by EU exit; this includes patents granted under the (non-EU) European Patent Convention, which the UK will continue to be party to.</p><p> </p><p>Supplementary protection certificates for patented pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals already take effect as UK national rights under EU law. As the current legal framework will be maintained at exit, these will not need to be re-registered to remain in effect.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/04/2019 16:43:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1056889

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department is taking to support universities in protecting the mental health of students.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	218331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Mental Health is a priority for this government. This is why the government is continuing to work closely with Universities UK on embedding the Step Change programme within the sector. Step Change calls on higher education leaders to adopt mental health as a strategic priority.</p><p>The University Mental Health Charter announced in June 2018 is backed by the government and led by the sector, and will drive up standards in promoting student and staff mental health and wellbeing. In spring, there will be 6 consultation events around the UK, bringing together university leaders, staff and students to help shape the Charter’s structure and content.</p><p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous bodies, independent from government. HEIs are not only experts in their student population but also best placed to identify the needs of their particular student body.</p><p>UK Research and Innovation launched eight new mental health networks in September, including the SMARTEN Network. This Network will work with researchers with a range of expertise and key stakeholders across the Higher Education sector to improve the understanding of student mental health. As part of this work, the network will run a workshop on 13 March for stakeholders to share their perspectives on what is helpful and feasible in terms of measuring student mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/02/2019 15:37:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1041776

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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 steps his Department has taken to ensure that the number of international students choosing to study in the UK grows over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	208945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 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. The government welcomes international students and there continues to be no limit on the number who can come here to study, and there are no 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, with 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 four universities in the world’s top 10 and 16 in the top 100 – second only to the USA. The government actively promotes study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and to over 100 countries through the British Council.</p><p> </p><p>In the Immigration White Paper, published on 19 December 2018, the 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 six 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 grouped question UIN 208880 question first answered 21/01/2019 13:14:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1019850

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of first-year undergraduates who do not live in accommodation sponsored by their university.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	198866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data about higher education (HE) in the UK.</p><p>Information on the term-time accommodation arrangements of entrants to full-time undergraduate study at UK HE institutions in the academic year 2016/17 has been provided in the table, and shows that 60% of entrants lived in accommodation other than provider-maintained properties. Provider-maintained property refers to residences owned by the institution returning data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Full-time undergraduate entrants by term-time accommodation type</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK HE Institutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Year 2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Term-time accommodation type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of entrants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Share of entrants (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Provider maintained property</p></td><td><p>213,535</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parental/guardian home</p></td><td><p>110,645</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Own residence</p></td><td><p>75,080</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private-sector halls</p></td><td><p>59,895</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other rented accommodation</p></td><td><p>50,225</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>12,645</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not in attendance at the provider</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Missing</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>535,185</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100% </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Education analysis of the HESA Student Record</p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Percentages are rounded to nearest whole number.</p><p>2. All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of five.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2018 17:49:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91061 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

781367

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of electors who were eligible to vote in the 2017 General Election but who did not register to do so.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	110636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer you to my recent answer to the member for Oldham West and Royton, PQ109192: Information regarding the total number of unregistered people of voting age is not held by the Government. Only totals for the number of registered electors are held, and these can be accessed through the Office for National Statistics website.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/11/2017 14:41:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

752515

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Young People: Cardiff Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many 18 to 25-year olds in Cardiff Central constituency were recorded (a) in the latest census estimate and (b) on the electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	5291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2017 13:09:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ5291 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ5291
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

752517

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Cardiff Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of constituents in Cardiff Central constituency worked in the public sector in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	5292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2017 13:12:46 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ5291 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ5292
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

577108

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what lessons the Government has learned about voter registration from the EU referendum campaign.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	906133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The EU Referendum campaign was the largest democratic exercise the United Kingdom has ever witnessed. Indeed, there were 46.5 million people on the electoral register for the EU Referendum, the largest UK Parliamentary register ever seen. Building on this success, the Government is currently undertaking a programme of work looking at how the electoral registration can be made more efficient and boost the levels of registration further. This includes piloting changes to the annual canvass to test new approaches which have been identified through working closely with Electoral Registration Officers.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/09/2016 14:13:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens