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622434

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date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that independent training providers are not unfairly disadvantaged when competing with further education colleges in the delivery of apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) has launched the application process for a new register for delivery of apprenticeships from 1 May 2017 – the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers. The register will be a list of organisations that have demonstrated their capability to deliver apprenticeship training, thereby encouraging diversity and competition in the provider market. Its application process has been developed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which require transparency and equal treatment of applicants. The evaluation criteria that test capability to deliver and quality of apprenticeship training do not differentiate between the types of organisation applying.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 May 2017, employers who will use a digital account to pay for their apprenticeship training will be able to choose any provider from the register to deliver their apprenticeship training.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/11/2016 15:47:42 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622443

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 24 October (HL Deb, col 44), whether they will undertake to provide a running record of ministers' and civil servants' meetings on Brexit with individuals, organisations, businesses and other relevant stakeholders, along with the topics of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL2764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings will be published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which will be made publicly available on GOV.UK. Details of sectoral roundtables are published on the GOV.UK website when they occur.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 03/11/2016 13:29:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

622509

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Wells Fargo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on Wells Fargo bank.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	50756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet regularly with the Financial Conduct Authority to discuss relevant regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Treasury's practice to provide details of all such discussions.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 03/11/2016 15:31:09 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

622517

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Wells Fargo
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has met representatives of Wells Fargo bank to discuss the selling of financial products by that bank.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	50870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Chancellor has not met with representatives of Wells Fargo bank.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 03/11/2016 15:33:05 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

622518

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Lloyds Banking Group: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the reported £16 billion set aside by Lloyds Banking Group for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	50871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet regularly with the Financial Conduct Authority to discuss relevant regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Treasury's practice to provide details of all such discussions.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 03/11/2016 15:30:08 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

622556

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq Historic Allegations Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Ministers of his Department were first made aware of the Iraq Historic Allegations team's contract with the recruitment agency Red Snapper.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	50650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) has always been an independent service police investigation, supported by contracted staff who provide additional manpower and expertise. This structure was agreed by Ministers prior to the set-up of the IHAT in 2010. The IHAT's contractors were recruited through an open competition for the provision of specialist staff. Red Snapper was first awarded the contract in 2013 and Ministers were aware that an open competition process took place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/11/2016 16:54:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

622557

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the level of procurement of British steel by his Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Defence requirements for steel are in the main sourced by our prime contractors taking into account cost, time and quality. The Ministry of Defence does not therefore hold a central record of the origin of steel utilised in defence projects over the past 12 months. However, the data held shows that UK suppliers have made a significant contribution to the supply of steel for defence, including some 88% of the structural steel for the new Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers.</p><p>We will continue to do what we can to address the barriers which might prevent UK steel producers competing effectively in an open market. This includes, where appropriate, publishing information about our future steel requirements.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 03/11/2016 16:59:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

622582

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprenticeships have been created in her Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Departmental apprenticeships within Defra have recently been introduced as a response to the Civil Service annual apprenticeship targets.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data was not collected in Defra prior to January 2016. Data on apprenticeships is now collected and reported to Cabinet Office quarterly. In the most recent return to Cabinet Office, as of the end of the first quarter of 2016/17, it was reported that two apprenticeships had commenced within the Department, one within London and one within the West Midlands. Both participants are still undertaking their apprenticeship. The data collection exercise for those apprenticeships starting in Quarter 2 is currently underway.</p><p> </p><p>Defra plan to considerably expand their apprenticeship programme in light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament. We are currently in the process of onboarding new apprentices from a recent recruitment campaign as well as looking at further opportunities to develop our existing employees through apprenticeship schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office will be centrally collecting data on all future apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target and enable tracking of initial outcomes of apprenticeships (e.g. successful completion and continued employment in the Civil Service).</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/11/2016 14:31:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622587

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, for what reasons the Government has not ratified the Convention for extension to the British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The British Government's ratification of the UN International Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has been extended to all of the permanently inhabited Overseas Territories. It has not been extended to the British Indian Ocean Territory as there is no permanent resident population.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:15:54 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

622588

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 August 2016 to Question 45523, what plans he has to provide a response to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's recommendation (CERD/C/GBR//CO18-20) on the British Indian Ocean Territory and the Chagossians.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	50837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK has not extended its ratification of the UN International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to the British Indian Ocean Territory, and therefore considers questions relating to the Territory to be outside the remit of the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 03/11/2016 16:14:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan