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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

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

1015517

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	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide adequate funding to ensure the sustainability of further education colleges.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We have been allocated £1.5 billion for the Adult Education Budget for each year of the 2015 spending review period, up to 2020, to engage adults to participate and develop the skills and learning that they need up to level 3 to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016, we have made over £330 million available to support major college restructuring, supporting significant improvements to financial sustainability in the sector. We are currently considering the final applications for the Restructuring Facility and expect the final figure to rise significantly before the programme ends in March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively exploring the funding and resilience of further education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. This work will align closely with the Post-18 Funding Review, in particular, to ensure a coherent vision for further and higher education. As with other areas of departmental spending, further education funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/12/2018 09:55:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1015575

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Fishing Catches: Estuaries and Inland Waterways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to eliminate the use of monofilament nets in estuaries and inshore waters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	196080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Sea fisheries management in England’s estuaries and inshore waters is the responsibility of the Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCAs). It is for the relevant IFCA to determine the type of nets that should be used in its district.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2018 10:52:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1015579

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 plans to implement all 10 principles of Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	196309
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 196278 196279 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