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934180

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether employers will still be able to claim funding for apprentices from the EU that start in 2019 for the duration of their apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	160090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>We have agreed to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU under the Withdrawal Agreement. During the implementation period, EU citizens coming to the UK and UK nationals going to the EU will be able to live, work and study broadly as they do now. Therefore, employers taking on apprentices who are covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, will continue to be able to access funding beyond March 2019. Once an eligible individual has started an apprenticeship, we will always fund them through to completion as long as they retain their eligibility to work in UK.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/07/2018 13:48:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 68142 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

934183

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Somerset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 142845 on Social Rented Housing, and the Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 152763 on Local Government Finance: Somerset, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of Somerset County Council to deliver a consistent quality of service across a range of priorities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	160215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department constantly reviews the challenges facing the sector and individual authorities. Local authorities are independent bodies responsible for setting their own budgets, and for the prudent financial planning and management of their resources to deliver the services required to meet local needs. They can receive sector-led support provided by the Local Government Association to address their challenges.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/07/2018 15:26:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 68087 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

934186

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship levy-paying employers in England that have used that funding to pay for MBA courses.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	160217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Apprenticeship funding can only be used to pay for apprenticeships and not courses, such as a Master of Business Administration. Whilst apprenticeships may replicate some training delivered by traditional courses, an apprenticeship has to meet certain requirements to make sure it combines on and off-the-job training and delivers occupational competence.</p><p>The Senior Leader apprenticeship standard, which is at masters’ level, has only been available since 27 February 2018. The department holds the overall number of starts on each apprenticeship standard but does not currently have published data on the number of Senior Leader starts.</p><p>We do not hold data on which apprenticeship standards levy-paying employers spend their apprenticeship funding on.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/07/2018 13:46:00 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 68144 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

934201

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answers of 2 July 2018 to Questions 158205 and 158206, on Access to Elected Office Fund, how she plans to promote the existence of the £250,000 of new funding announced on 17 May 2018; and such planned promotion is expected to start.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	160175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>GEO is working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. The Minister for Women and Equalities is keen that the delivery model and the communications around it help reinforce that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/07/2018 13:42:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

934207

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has held discussions with Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers on appointing an LGBT special envoy as part of the Government's LGBT Action Plan 2018: Improving the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	160296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The promotion and protection of LGBT rights is a UK priority. We work to promote tolerance and non-discrimination against LGBT people and to address discriminatory laws, in particular those that criminalise same sex relations. My Ministerial colleagues and I, and every one of our Ambassadors and High Commissioners worldwide act as envoys on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>We consider that it is more effective to promote the rights of LGBT people as part of a broader approach to equality and non-discrimination, and through the regular engagement of FCO Ministers and officials at our Embassies and High Commissions overseas. We have no current plans to appoint a Special Envoy to work exclusively on LGBT rights.</p><p> </p><p>We announced in the action plan published recently, that we will continue to promote LGBT rights internationally through our overseas missions and through international organisations, including the UN, European institutions and the Commonwealth. We also provide funding to promote LGBT equality. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy has committed £1.1 million to support LGBT rights projects worldwide in 2018 and 2019, and the Department for International Development will provide up to £12 million over four years, from 2018 to 2022, for a consortium of organisations to work together to promote LGBT inclusion.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/07/2018 13:42:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

934222

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Land: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps local authorities may take to tackle public safety concerns on unregistered land.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	160179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have a range of powers to intervene where there is a risk to public saftey.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/07/2018 16:39:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 68089 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

934237

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that deaf and disabled people are able to stand for election and compete with other candidates on a level playing field irrespective of their chances of winning.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	160178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. There will be ways that the Government can help, which is why the Minister for Women and Equalities announced that the Government Equalities Office will, with others, undertake a programme of work in this area. Within 12 months, we hope to have political parties offering and advertising support, as well as solutions to help independent candidates. The funding of up to £250,000 that the Minister for Women and Equalities announced is intended to provide support for disabled candidates in the interim, while that programme of work is on-going.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 159577 question first answered 09/07/2018 13:47:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

934243

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recourse to action residents have in relation to builders who having part-developed a freehold site appoint a management company that unsatisfactorily administers the common parts of that site; and whether there is an equivalent of the Leasehold Advisory Service from which freeholders can seek help.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	160176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p><br>There are a number of ways to take action against a poor managing agent. Freeholders can make a formal complaint through their managing agent’s own complaints procedure. A complaint can also be made to one of the Government-recognised redress scheme. By law all property agents are required to belong to one of the following three redress schemes: Ombudsman Services Property, Property Redress Scheme and The Property Ombudsman.</p><p><br>To provide additional protections, on 21 December 2017, we set out a package of measures to tackle abuses and unfair practices in the leasehold market. This includes legislation to ensure that freeholders who pay charges for the maintenance of communal areas and facilities on a private or mixed use estate, can access equivalent rights as leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of service charges.</p><p><br>On 1 April, we published the response to our recent call for evidence on <em>protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market</em>. Proposals include establishing a working group to consider how fees such as service charges should be presented to consumers and to explore the best means to challenge fees which are unjustified.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/07/2018 15:20:53 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

934246

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government is taking steps to prevent (a) builders, (b) management companies appointed by builders and (c) the legal advisers to such individuals charging disproportionately large amounts of money for (i) notice fees and (ii) the provision of draft deeds of covenant to be entered into by purchasers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	160177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p>On 1 April, we published the response to our call for evidence on protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market. Proposals include establishing a Working Group to consider how fees such as service charges should be presented to consumers and to explore the best means to challenge fees which are unjustified. We will also ask the Working Group to look into those fees and charges that go beyond service charges, but can impact both leaseholders and freeholders, and consider under what circumstances they are justified, and if they should be capped or banned. This includes the use of restrictive covenants, leasehold restrictions, administration charges and other charges placed on properties.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/07/2018 15:25:38 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

934247

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A14: Kettering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of vehicles which use the A14 between junctions 7 and 9 around Kettering each day; what the average speed is of those vehicles along that stretch of the A14; and what proportion of those vehicles are HGVs.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	160150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of vehicles using the A14 between junctions 7 and 9 each day, their speed and the proportion of which HGVs are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table showing data for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of vehicles each day </strong><strong>(note 1)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average speed in miles per hour </strong><strong>(note 2)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of HGVs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 westbound between J9 and J8</p></td><td><p>35,136</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 eastbound between J8 and J9</p></td><td><p>36,864</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 westbound between J8 and J7</p></td><td><p>39,936</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 eastbound between J7 and J8</p></td><td><p>35,424</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>The number of vehicles each day is the Annual Average Daily Traffic flow.</li><li>The average speed is for a typical mid-week (Wednesday).</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HGV proportion data is not available between junctions 7 and 8 in both directions for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. However, the HGV proportion for 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 is 26 per cent between junctions 7 and 8 and 24 per cent between junctions 8 and 7.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/07/2018 13:35:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone