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873526

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date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what step her Department is taking support (a) child and (b) young adult migrants on arrival in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>If the migrant is an unaccompanied child they are supported by the local authority under the Children Act 1989 or equivalent legislation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland</p><p> </p><p>If the migrant is an asylum seeker and over the age of 18, or the dependant of an adult asylum seeker, they are supported by the Home Office if they would otherwise be destitute. The support usually consists of accommodation and a weekly cash allowance to cover their or their family’s essential living needs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:32:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873565

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the target audience was for his Department's Exporting is GREAT Facebook campaign.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>All the Office’s Facebook posts are posted organically and can be seen by anyone. A small amount of budget was used to promote the exporting roadshow visit to a business audience in the area around Gretna (including England) to encourage attendance following low levels of registration up to that point.</p><p> </p><p>Exporting is GREAT is a campaign run by the Department for International Trade.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 16/04/2018 10:38:08 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

873566

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reason his Department's Facebook advertising campaign entitled Budget 2017 was targeted at people interested in issues connected to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The audience for the Scotland Office’s social media posts for Budget 2017 was everyone in Scotland aged between 16 and 60. The targeting of people interested in issues connected to the Armed Forces was connected to the Burns Night campaign, which featured military personnel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 16/04/2018 10:39:26 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

873572

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether non-UK EU students starting university courses in the UK in academic year 2019-20 will be charged home student fees for the full duration of their course.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	134686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Applications for courses starting in 2019/20 do not open until September 2018, and we will ensure EU students starting courses at English Institutions in that academic year have information well in advance of this date.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/04/2018 07:58:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

873573

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Waste Management: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to undertake a review of its waste prevention programmes in compliance with the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC).
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	134687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government will review its waste prevention programmes before December 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/04/2018 10:35:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

873578

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to certain cases tried at Magistrates Courts.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	134692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering further expansion of the unduly lenient sentencing scheme, to ensure it covers offences that are of particular concern to the public. We recently added further terrorism offences to the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Given that the scheme requires a reference by the Attorney General to the Court of Appeal, it is right that the scheme is focused on the more serious offences sentenced in the Crown Court. As a result, we have no immediate plans to expand the scope of the scheme to cases sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/04/2018 08:53:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

873580

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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 three related letters from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich dated 21 August 2017, 22 November 2017 and 22 January 2018 regarding his constituent’s enquiry on the performance of UK Visas and Immigration.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	134694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the Honourable Member. I will respond separately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:32:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

873581

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fraud
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 prevalence of fraudulent dissertation-writing services for university students; and what plans he has to address that practice.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	134695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Higher education providers, as autonomous organisations, are responsible for handling matters of this nature, including developing and implementing policies to detect and discourage plagiarism. To help providers tackle the issue, we asked the Quality Assurance Agency, Universities UK and the National Union of Students to produce new guidance, which was published in October 2017: <a href="http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication?PubID=3200#.WmB-u2xLHoA" target="_blank">http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication?PubID=3200#.WmB-u2xLHoA</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance is the first set of comprehensive advice for providers and students on the subject. It makes clear that where providers are working with others to deliver programmes, such as through validation, care should be taken to ensure that partner organisations are taking the risks of academic misconduct seriously. Providers are also encouraged to consider steps to scrutinise potential partners' processes and regulations when developing validation arrangements. This is in line with the wider expectations set out in the UK Quality Code for Higher Education (<a href="http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/the-quality-code" target="_blank">http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/the-quality-code</a>), which all providers must meet. The code establishes the fundamental principle that degree awarding bodies have ultimate responsibility for academic standards and the quality of learning opportunities, regardless of where these opportunities are delivered and who provides them.</p><p> </p><p>Going forward, I expect the Office for Students to encourage and support the sector to implement strong policies and sanctions to address this important issue in the most robust way possible.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/04/2018 08:03:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

873582

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which SACREs and Agreed Syllabus Conferences are fulfilling their statutory responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	134696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to establish a Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE), locally representative inter-faith bodies whose role is to support religious education and collective worship in schools. SACREs should advise the local authority on religious education provision, including methods of teaching, resources, and the provision of teachers. They should also produce and publish an annual report on their activity.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for convening an Agreed Syllabus Conference (ASC) every five years, and providing an agreed syllabus which must reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are in the main Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain. The Department has not made an assessment of whether local authorities are working collaboratively to establish their agreed religious education standard or using RE Today's syllabus template. Local authorities are free to make arrangements that are right for them and their schools when preparing a locally agreed syllabus.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for appointing representatives to each of four committees on a SACRE. For group A, these should represent Christian denominations and such other religions and religious denominations as, in the local authority’s opinion, will appropriately reflect the principal religious traditions in the area. For group B, the Church of England; group C, teacher associations; and group D, the local authority. The Department has not made an assessment of the representation of any religious or non-religious belief on SACREs.</p><p>If the Department is informed that an individual SACRE or ASC is experiencing difficulties in fulfilling its statutory duties, the Department will contact the local authority to remind them of their duty to support their activities satisfactorily.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 134697 134698 134699 question first answered 16/04/2018 07:04:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

873583

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes when it learns that an individual SACRE or Agreed Syllabus Conference is experiencing difficulties in fulfilling its statutory duties; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	134697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to establish a Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE), locally representative inter-faith bodies whose role is to support religious education and collective worship in schools. SACREs should advise the local authority on religious education provision, including methods of teaching, resources, and the provision of teachers. They should also produce and publish an annual report on their activity.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for convening an Agreed Syllabus Conference (ASC) every five years, and providing an agreed syllabus which must reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are in the main Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain. The Department has not made an assessment of whether local authorities are working collaboratively to establish their agreed religious education standard or using RE Today's syllabus template. Local authorities are free to make arrangements that are right for them and their schools when preparing a locally agreed syllabus.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for appointing representatives to each of four committees on a SACRE. For group A, these should represent Christian denominations and such other religions and religious denominations as, in the local authority’s opinion, will appropriately reflect the principal religious traditions in the area. For group B, the Church of England; group C, teacher associations; and group D, the local authority. The Department has not made an assessment of the representation of any religious or non-religious belief on SACREs.</p><p>If the Department is informed that an individual SACRE or ASC is experiencing difficulties in fulfilling its statutory duties, the Department will contact the local authority to remind them of their duty to support their activities satisfactorily.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 134696 134698 134699 question first answered 16/04/2018 07:04:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms