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1136023

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department offers employees a payroll deduction service to enable staff to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	271328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not currently offer a payroll deduction service that enables staff to join a credit union and at present has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/07/2019 15:54:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

794113

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that looked-after children are admitted to school at the same age as other children; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	115201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Looked after children already start school at the same age as other children. The School Admissions Code requires admission authorities to provide such children highest priority for admission into school. The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 are clear that when a child enters care, everything possible should be done to minimise disruption to their education. Statutory guidance on Promoting Education of Looked After Children suggests that, after an emergency placement, a new educational placement should be secured within 20 school days.</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 27/11/2017 17:05:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

789038

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
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 13 November 2017 to Question 112004, on academies: admissions, whether the Secretary of State declined any of the 14 requests in the academic year 2016-17 for direct admission of a looked-after child to an academy.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Where a local council considers that an academy will best meet the needs of a child, it can ask the academy to admit the child but has no powers to direct it to do so. The local council and the academy will usually come to an agreement, but if an academy refuses to admit a child, the local council can ask the Secretary of State to intervene.</p><p> </p><p>Looked after children are amongst the most vulnerable in our society and the Secretary of State is committed to supporting them to have the best possible start in life. In 2016/17, there were no declined cases following the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s intervention on behalf of my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 15:21:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

786187

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for direct admission to an academy of a looked-after child she received in the academic year 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Looked after children are amongst the most vulnerable in our society and we are committed to supporting them to have the best possible start in life. As such, there are provisions within the schools admissions system to support looked after children.</p><p> </p><p>Where a local council considers that an academy will best meet the needs of a child, it can ask the academy to admit the child but has no powers to direct it to do so. The local council and the academy will usually come to an agreement, but if an academy refuses to admit a child, the local council can ask the Secretary of State to intervene.</p><p> </p><p>An application to direct from the Secretary of State should only be requested as a last resort. However, when a direction is received, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will act on behalf of the Secretary of State to consider whether under the terms of an academy’s funding agreement she has the power to direct the academy to admit the child.</p><p> </p><p>For 2016/17 the ESFA, on behalf of my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State, received 14 requests for direct admission to an academy relating to a looked-after child.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/11/2017 16:42:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

677569

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Harrow West of 23 November 2016 on family reunion applications for Kuwaiti Bidoons.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	61106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry for the delay in responding to your correspondence of 23 November. I replied to your letter on 31 January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/02/2017 15:45:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

631901

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have been accepted by each (a) region of England, (b) nation of the UK and (c) local authority in each of the last six years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	52490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Annual Figures on the number of claims for asylum from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC), including by country of nationality, are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April to June 2016, is available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-stat" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-stat</a></p><p>A regional breakdown is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Government is committed to ensuring that there is a more equitable distribution of UASC across the country and that no one authority has to care for more UASC than they are able to.</p><p>That is why we introduced the voluntary National Transfer Scheme and have consulted with every region in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on their capacity. In order to continue the success of the voluntary scheme more local authorities will need to participate and offer places for unaccompanied children from councils which are caring for disproportionately high numbers.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/11/2016 17:33:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599558

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agreed EU directives have not yet been transposed directly into UK law; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	48180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/10/2016 16:56:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

523568

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people entering or leaving the UK by air had pre-boarding electronic checks in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The total volumes of passengers and crew crossing the UK border via scheduled commercial air routes, along with the figures for the volumes that underwent electronic checks, are listed in the table below.</p><p>The following table shows assessed number of passengers and crew travelling to and from the United Kingdom on commercial international aviation routes (excluding the Common Travel Area) and the percentage of those undergoing electronic checks, over the last five years. Full detail is not available for 2009/ 2010 given the events surrounding the termination of the Raytheon-led Trusted Borders contract.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of passengers and crew on international scheduled commercial aviation routes (excluding Common Travel Area) travelling to and from the UK (Millions) *</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of passengers checked electronically on international scheduled commercial aviation routes (excluding Common Travel Area) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>190.4</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>186.2</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>182.3</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>179.7</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2016 14:18:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

523577

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many clandestine entrants of each nationality were identified within the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office is improving its data collection in this area and will publish information in this area once that work is completed.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2016 14:16:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 3265 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

519345

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Harrow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on bringing Crossrail 2 through Harrow and Wealdstone station; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	37485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The proposed route of Crossrail 2 connects south-west to north-east London via 23 miles of new tunnels between Wimbledon and Tottenham Hale. There are no plans to bring Crossrail 2 through Harrow and Wealdstone station.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/05/2016 13:59:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas