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810537

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by her Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The following sets of regulations have been introduced by the Minister for Women and Equalities since May 2010:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 SI 2011/2260 (revoked by SI 2017/353)</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014 SI 2014/2559</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/172</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/353.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessments for the first three sets of regulations, setting out in detail the net costs or benefits, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A separate impact assessment was not prepared for SI 2017/353 because the scope of the regulations was public sector only. However, the average annual recurring cost of complying with the new gender pay gap reporting requirements for employers in the public sector was estimated to be less than £500 per annum, in line with the impact assessment for SI 2017/172. The table below sets out answers to the other aspects of the question:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SI</p></td><td><p>Month of Commencement</p></td><td><p>One in one out</p></td><td><p>One in two out</p></td><td><p>Revoked</p></td><td><p>Amended</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2260</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2559</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/172</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/353</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>. For the 2015-17 Parliament, the government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament. For the current Parliament, the government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government has published guidance for departments on the statutory requirements that all new regulations contain a requirement for a review at a suitable point after their implementation. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment for a new regulation should set out the plan for a post-implementation review of the measure, typically within five years of it coming into force. The review should assess if the objectives of the regulation were achieved, remain valid and relevant, and whether they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 120913 question first answered 08/01/2018 19:18:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810568

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what processes her Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The following sets of regulations have been introduced by the Minister for Women and Equalities since May 2010:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 SI 2011/2260 (revoked by SI 2017/353)</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014 SI 2014/2559</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/172</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/353.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessments for the first three sets of regulations, setting out in detail the net costs or benefits, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A separate impact assessment was not prepared for SI 2017/353 because the scope of the regulations was public sector only. However, the average annual recurring cost of complying with the new gender pay gap reporting requirements for employers in the public sector was estimated to be less than £500 per annum, in line with the impact assessment for SI 2017/172. The table below sets out answers to the other aspects of the question:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SI</p></td><td><p>Month of Commencement</p></td><td><p>One in one out</p></td><td><p>One in two out</p></td><td><p>Revoked</p></td><td><p>Amended</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2260</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2559</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/172</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/353</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>. For the 2015-17 Parliament, the government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament. For the current Parliament, the government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government has published guidance for departments on the statutory requirements that all new regulations contain a requirement for a review at a suitable point after their implementation. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment for a new regulation should set out the plan for a post-implementation review of the measure, typically within five years of it coming into force. The review should assess if the objectives of the regulation were achieved, remain valid and relevant, and whether they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 120882 question first answered 08/01/2018 19:18:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810680

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	121025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out the total spend by the Department for Education in each of the last four years in respect of (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Spend in £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Taxis*</p></td><td><p>First class train tickets</p></td><td><p>Business class air travel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>110,163</p></td><td><p>52,863</p></td><td><p>21,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>124,916</p></td><td><p>48,277</p></td><td><p>11,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>142,741</p></td><td><p>77,930</p></td><td><p>26,793</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>81,112</p></td><td><p>68,187</p></td><td><p>32,977</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*figure for taxis is drawn from the department’s expenses system. There may be expenditure for taxis through other routes but the information is not readily available and could only be compiled at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:41:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810711

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting her Department she is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	121056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>EU law will be retained by the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, as it applies in the UK on the day the we leave the EU. We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. All departments are engaged in this process. Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the government’s EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:53:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810729

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the costs incurred by schools of dyslexia assessments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) does not collect data on costs incurred by schools in the assessment of dyslexia. Schools are required to identify and address the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) of pupils, including arranging for appropriate tests. They receive funding which enables them to meet additional needs up to £6,000 per pupil with SEND. Building on 2013-16 funding, the DfE is funding the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) and partners in 2017-18, with £500,000 to facilitate better support for children with dyslexia. BDA resources include affordable (£20-£50) on-line screening tools.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:47:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

810051

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the contribution of the childcare industry to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	120517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, the department will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. We have not recently undertaken an economic assessment of the contribution of the industry to the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:44:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

810135

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of primary school children who are eligible for free school meals in Coventry South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is published in the underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release.</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 16:09:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810160

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has met her counterpart in the Scottish Government to discuss its initiative to provide sanitary products to women and girls on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	120626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials at the Department for Education hold regular discussions with officials in the devolved administrations about the issue of sanitary protection provision in schools; the last meeting on this topic was held in November 2017 and the next discussion is due take place in January 2018. My hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities has not met her counterpart in the Scottish Government but has been updated on the discussions held. Officials in the Scottish Government have committed to update the Department for Education on all relevant initiatives, including their Aberdeen pilot when information about its impact and affordability becomes available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:59:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

810164

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2017 to Question 5159, if she will conduct an assessment on the effect of period poverty on young women and girls in schools.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	120630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information on absences through the termly school census. The department collects data on the number of possible sessions, number of authorised absences, number of unauthorised absences and the reason for absence for each pupil. The reasons for absence do not include a category which would enable sessions missed due to a lack of access to menstrual products to be identified. Full details of the absence data we collect in the school census can be found in the census guidance here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department has sought to establish whether there has been any rigorous national assessment of the prevalence of period poverty or its impact on attendance, however none appears available. We reached out to school stakeholders in July 2017 through the Association of School and College Leaders forum asking for contributions on the issue and have received a very limited response. The department is producing additional analysis of the absence data in order to look for evidence of period poverty and will publish findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:56:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

810191

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the (a) legal and (b) other costs incurred by local authorities in respect of special educational needs and disability tribunals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We do not systematically collect data on the legal or other costs incurred by local authorities in respect of special educational needs and disability (SEND) tribunals.</p><p>The Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor commissioned a review of SEND disagreement resolution arrangements carried out by the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) at the University of Warwick, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-disagreement-resolution-arrangements-in-england-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-disagreement-resolution-arrangements-in-england-review</a>. As part of their analysis of the cost effectiveness of mediation, estimates were collected from a sample of local authorities on the hypothetical case costs in preparing for and attending the SEND Tribunal.</p><p>For a medium complexity case with no mediation and no hearing, the estimated cost to the local authority was £4,331 per appeal. For a case of the same complexity which involved no mediation but went to a full appeal, including a hearing, the estimated cost was £6,056 per appeal. These costs are broken down as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Preparation, of which: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£4,331 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour (time/opportunity costs)</p></td><td><p>£4,123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional financial costs</p></td><td><p>£208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Attendance, of which: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,725 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour (time/opportunity costs)</p></td><td><p>£1,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional financial costs</p></td><td><p>£438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (preparation + attendance) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£6,056 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The additional financial costs above relate to legal costs and overheads, for example, but have not been broken down further in the analysis.</p><p>The data collected, although offering a reasonable assessment of the costs incurred, are based on samples of which there is no way of assessing the extent to which they are representative of every local authority. As such the information should be considered indicative.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 18:04:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne