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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	Employment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce a mid-life career review for people over 50 years old to help them update their skills and re-train where appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	115176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a formal mid-life career review.</p><p> </p><p>However, the National Careers Service helps individuals make informed choices about their career options by providing free and impartial advice on careers, skills and the Labour Market in England. All adults aged 19 years and over (or 18 and over if the individual is in custody or out of work and on benefits) are eligibgle for local advice over the phone or face-to-face, tailored to their individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The National Careers Service is working with the Department for Work and Pensions and local enterprise partnerships to pilot careers advice for employed older people via their employer, to engage them with training and retain them within the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of re-procuring the local, area-based National Careers Service contracts. As part of these contracts, we have specified that those who are over 50 and unemployed or at risk of redundancy should be a priority group for face-to-face advice in the service.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/11/2017 14:38:39 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

792793

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for the allocation of funds raised by the Immigration Skills charge.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The Immigration Skills Charge is intended to address skills gaps in the workforce. The Home Office collect the Immigration Skills Charge as part of the visa sponsorship process and transfer it to the Exchequer, less an amount to cover the costs of collecting it. The population percentages underlying the Barnett formula are used by HM Treasury to determine the split of funding raised by the Immigration Skills Charge between the department and each of the devolved Administrations.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 24/11/2017 12:48:40 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732636

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 cost to businesses in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency of the Immigration Skills charge for the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Immigration Skills Charge was introduced on 6 April 2017. It is a charge on UK employers who sponsor workers from outside the European Economic Area through the Tier 2 skilled worker route.</p><p> </p><p>We have not modelled the cost of the Immigration Skills Charge on any individual business. The cost will depend on whether employers choose to use the Tier 2 route and will vary depending on the number of Certificates of Sponsorship employers choose to assign, whether they pay the standard or reduced rate, and the length of time an employer chooses to employ a worker for.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/07/2017 17:35:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732650

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the gender pay gap in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes the median hourly pay figures set out below, based on place of residence, annually. To accelerate the rate at which the UK gap is closing the Government has introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers and is helping business to understand and address their gaps.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>25.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>21.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em><br> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>b) </strong><strong>Scotland</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>c) </strong><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:40:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day