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1015404

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date	27/11/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for International Development of Wednesday 21 November 2018, Official Report, column HL233, when the updated impact assessments on the effects of exiting the EU on regions and nations will be published.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	196153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the paper ‘EU exit: Long-term economic analysis’ (Cm 9741) laid before Parliament on Wednesday 28 November 2018.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759762/28_November_EU_Exit_-_Long-term_economic_analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759762/28_November_EU_Exit_-_Long-term_economic_analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/12/2018 13:48:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1015405

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether departmental resources have been used to promote the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	196232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education is working with departments across government, in close coordination with the Department for Exiting the European Union, on a programme of work on EU exit and the withdrawal agreement. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the department’s other priorities, it is not possible to give an accurate estimate of time spent specifically on EU exit work.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 196235 question first answered 04/12/2018 10:01:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1015413

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
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 amount of his Department's time that has been used to promote the Government's agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	196235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education is working with departments across government, in close coordination with the Department for Exiting the European Union, on a programme of work on EU exit and the withdrawal agreement. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the department’s other priorities, it is not possible to give an accurate estimate of time spent specifically on EU exit work.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 196232 question first answered 04/12/2018 10:01:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1015423

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department last conducted a review of the cost of universal infant free school meals and; and what the timeframe is for his Department to conduct another review of that policy.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	196243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The £2.30 per meal rate that we provide to schools to fund universal infant free school meals was set at the last spending review in 2015. The rate is based on the School Food Trust’s survey estimate of the average cost of a primary school meal, and on discussion with stakeholders and school food experts.</p><p>Decisions about school funding beyond 2020 will be taken at the next spending review in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 10:09:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1015424

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the £2.30 awarded for free school meals is spent on (a) food and (b) labour.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	196244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>For universal infant free school meals, the £2.30 per meal rate is provided to schools via a direct grant. This covers the cost of raw materials as well as other fixed costs associated with providing the meals.</p><p>It is for schools to decide how to allocate their budgets in order to provide these meals.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 10:04:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1015444

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect on the environment of the (a) official development assistance and (b) non-official development assistance (i) components and (ii) programmes of the Prosperity Fund .
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	196252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Both ODA and non-ODA financed programmes will be subject to independent and objective evaluation of their impacts, both direct and indirect. These evaluations will take place when programmes and their components have moved into implementation and are starting to produce results. Where appropriate, these evaluations will consider environmental impacts; programme maturity has not yet reached the stage where evaluation is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/12/2018 16:27:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1015445

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prosperity Fund: Annual Report 2017-18, what measures the Government uses to assess the contribution of that fund to the delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (a) 5, (b) 7, (c) 8 and (d) 9 in each country to which the fund is allocated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	196253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>All programmes are designed to support Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 &amp; SDG 8, while SDG 7 and SDG 9 will apply to a subset of programmes operating in those sectors. The “Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation &amp; Learning” section of the Prosperity Fund: Annual Report 2017-18 (pg14) outlines portfolio indicators, which will help measure Fund impacts, and often relate directly to SDG ambitions. The Fund has contracted a specialist consortium to provide independent and objective evaluation of how well programmes are contributing to their stated outcomes, impacts, and relevant SDG.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/12/2018 16:27:59 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1015462

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Govia Thamelink Railway's preparations for the winter timetable update starting on 10 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	196261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>To supplement the separate internal assurance processes within Train Operators and Network Rail, since May, industry has established new assurance processes to look at timetable implementation on a network wide basis. This has included setting up a cross industry Programme Management Office (PMO) within Network Rail to carry out this role. They have worked with industry as a whole to develop an informed view of risks, including those related to infrastructure, operator readiness and staffing.</p><p> </p><p>As well as the industry PMO processes set out above, GTR has also remained subject to Industry Readiness Board assessment. The Department has had ongoing discussions with GTR about their readiness to deliver in December, including senior weekly calls with the operator to discuss progress.</p><p> </p><p>While no option is risk-free, the industry’s approach to the December 2018 timetable offers the greatest possible level of operational confidence. The Department is taking the implementation of the timetable extremely seriously and will be monitoring performance closely.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/12/2018 15:01:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

1015495

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what economic impact assessment was conducted by his Department before United Kingdom Research and Innovation signed up to Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	196277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Plan S is a set of high-level principles which are in line with current UK Government policy and ambitions for Open Access (OA), and identify common ways to accelerate the implementation of OA to meet the European Competitiveness Councils target, set by ministers in 2016, of making all publicly funded research Open Access by 2020. For these reasons, an economic impact assessment was not carried out.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI was committed to a Review of OA policies before the announcement of Plan S, as part of its practice of monitoring and improving implementation of the policy. The purpose of the UKRI OA Review is to support delivery of UK government policy on OA to achieve the associated economic and social benefits and ensure the taxpayer secures maximum value for money from investment in publishing research. UKRI will consider Plan S principles within the broader aspects of the OA Review and where they support the delivery of UK OA policy.</p><p> </p><p>Any implementation of Plan S principles by UKRI will be subject to the OA Review. This includes the Plan S principle around the standardisation of publication fees and funding across Europe. Costs and benefits around OA models and impacts arising from proposed changes will be considered as part of the OA Review, including sustainability, with wider economic impacts considered by BEIS. The OA Review will report in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 27<sup>th</sup> November, the Coalition of funders that are working on Plan S issued further guidance and clarifications. In this they stated that they will be commissioning an independent study on publications costs and fees. The new implementation details and guidance to clarify Plan S principles are open for public feedback.</p><p><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/" target="_blank">https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 196278 196279 196309 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:46:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1015496

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of standardising and capping open access publication fees on an EU-wide basis as part of the implementation of Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	196278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Plan S is a set of high-level principles which are in line with current UK Government policy and ambitions for Open Access (OA), and identify common ways to accelerate the implementation of OA to meet the European Competitiveness Councils target, set by ministers in 2016, of making all publicly funded research Open Access by 2020. For these reasons, an economic impact assessment was not carried out.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI was committed to a Review of OA policies before the announcement of Plan S, as part of its practice of monitoring and improving implementation of the policy. The purpose of the UKRI OA Review is to support delivery of UK government policy on OA to achieve the associated economic and social benefits and ensure the taxpayer secures maximum value for money from investment in publishing research. UKRI will consider Plan S principles within the broader aspects of the OA Review and where they support the delivery of UK OA policy.</p><p> </p><p>Any implementation of Plan S principles by UKRI will be subject to the OA Review. This includes the Plan S principle around the standardisation of publication fees and funding across Europe. Costs and benefits around OA models and impacts arising from proposed changes will be considered as part of the OA Review, including sustainability, with wider economic impacts considered by BEIS. The OA Review will report in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 27<sup>th</sup> November, the Coalition of funders that are working on Plan S issued further guidance and clarifications. In this they stated that they will be commissioning an independent study on publications costs and fees. The new implementation details and guidance to clarify Plan S principles are open for public feedback.</p><p><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/" target="_blank">https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 196277 196279 196309 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:46:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner