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1088239

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to advocate a unilateral approach to airport staff screening at the International Civil Aviation Organization in 2019 as opposed to the mutual recognition approach discussed at the Transatlantic Aviation Security Industry Roundtable in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	232006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has consistently advocated, in the International Civil Aviation Organization and in other forums, a global approach to tackling insider threat at airports based on 100% screening of staff, randomness and unpredictability as part of that screening, and background checks of staff working in secure areas or with access to sensitive security information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2019 13:39:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1088240

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that university students receive value for money from student fees.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	232112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>We have a world-class higher education system and the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 sets the foundation for further improvements to the system. We have established the Office for Students to operate a new register of providers and ensure minimum standards. We have also enacted the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) to hold universities to account for the teaching and outcomes they deliver for students, and are encouraging further diversity within the system with new providers and shorter degrees delivered at a lower cost to students.</p><p>These important achievements are being built on with the post-18 review of education and funding looking further at how we can ensure our post-18 education system is joined up and supported by a funding system that works for students and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/03/2019 19:01:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1088250

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many reported offences of each crime type there were in (a) Havering and (b) England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	231935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/03/2019 11:37:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ231935 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1088253

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 progress his Department is making in its assessment of the merits and development of small modular nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	231904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Our landmark Nuclear Sector Deal announced up to £56m to support the development of advanced nuclear technologies, including small and advanced modular reactors. Of this, up to £44m is for the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Feasibility and Development project. We have received all 8 feasibility studies for Phase 1 and are assessing these now. We aim to announce any contracts for the next phase in the Summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Expert Finance Working Group on Small Reactors, which was set to advise Government on how small reactor projects could raise private investment in the UK, submitted its independent report to Government in August 2018. We are considering the report and its recommendations and will announce next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are also considering a proposal from a UK Consortium led by Rolls-Royce that could result in a significant joint investment. We expect to make a decision on this in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:25:18 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1088286

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Care Leaver Covenant announced by his Department in October 2018, how many organisations have signed up to offer placement opportunities to young care leavers.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	232062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>As of 14 March 2019, 75 organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors had signed the care leaver covenant and published their offers to care leavers. All covenant offers are available to view at: <a href="https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/" target="_blank">https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/</a>. In addition, each government department has set out its offer to care leavers, copies of which have been published on GOV.UK. Spectra First, the government’s delivery partner for the care leaver covenant, is currently working with a number of other organisations which have signed a statement of intent confirming that they will provide opportunities to care leavers, but where the detail of their offer has not been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the care leaver covenant is to secure offers for care leavers that will support them to achieve one or more of the 5 outcomes set out in the cross-government care leaver strategy – Keep on Caring – one of which is to be engaged in education, employment or training. From the 75 organisations that have signed the covenant so far, employment offers include:</p><ul><li>27 offers of work experience placements, ranging from one week to 3 months;</li><li>5 offers of apprenticeships and;</li><li>11 offers of paid internships or employment.</li></ul><p>In addition, PGL (a provider of activity holidays for children and young people) has over 1,000 jobs in their summer camps in 2019 and has indicated that they would strongly encourage care leavers to apply for these vacancies. The government is leading the way through its civil service care leaver internship scheme, which in 2019 is providing 75 12-month paid internships across 18 government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Other (non-employment-related) offers of support include: enhanced support packages for care leavers from universities and further education colleges, and offers of workshops/training on areas such as money management and maintaining a tenancy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 232063 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:30:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

1088287

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Care Leaver Covenant announced by his Department in October 2018, how many placements for (a) work experience, (b) internships and (c) apprenticeships have been made available to young care leavers under that strategy to date.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	232063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>As of 14 March 2019, 75 organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors had signed the care leaver covenant and published their offers to care leavers. All covenant offers are available to view at: <a href="https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/" target="_blank">https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/</a>. In addition, each government department has set out its offer to care leavers, copies of which have been published on GOV.UK. Spectra First, the government’s delivery partner for the care leaver covenant, is currently working with a number of other organisations which have signed a statement of intent confirming that they will provide opportunities to care leavers, but where the detail of their offer has not been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the care leaver covenant is to secure offers for care leavers that will support them to achieve one or more of the 5 outcomes set out in the cross-government care leaver strategy – Keep on Caring – one of which is to be engaged in education, employment or training. From the 75 organisations that have signed the covenant so far, employment offers include:</p><ul><li>27 offers of work experience placements, ranging from one week to 3 months;</li><li>5 offers of apprenticeships and;</li><li>11 offers of paid internships or employment.</li></ul><p>In addition, PGL (a provider of activity holidays for children and young people) has over 1,000 jobs in their summer camps in 2019 and has indicated that they would strongly encourage care leavers to apply for these vacancies. The government is leading the way through its civil service care leaver internship scheme, which in 2019 is providing 75 12-month paid internships across 18 government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Other (non-employment-related) offers of support include: enhanced support packages for care leavers from universities and further education colleges, and offers of workshops/training on areas such as money management and maintaining a tenancy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 232062 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:30:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

1088295

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff working in prisons are (a) directly employed by HM Prison Service, (b) employed by an external contractor to deliver medical services and (c) employed by an external contractor to deliver education services.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation (HMPPS) workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Prison officer numbers are at their highest in five years, which is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent. We have recruited over 3,000 new prison officers across the country in the last 18 months to improve safety and help turn offenders’ lives around. The recruitment drive will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, ensuring prisons can fulfil their purpose - protecting the public, reducing reoffending and crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS does not collate information centrally in relation to contracted staff for Education or information on healthcare staff in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and Local Health Boards in Wales are responsible for the commissioning of healthcare services. NHS England’s contractors and the NHS in Wales is responsible for the employment of healthcare staff operating in Prisons, with the exception of primary care staff operating in 6 privately operated prisons. In 2018 the MoJ, HMPPS, Department for Health and Social Care, Public Health England and NHS England published a new National Partnership Agreement for Prison Healthcare in England. This is supported by national and local partnership arrangements to facilitate joint working. Similar arrangements exist in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2019 17:14:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088306

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, reference to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, what estimate she has made of the cost by budget headline of the integration of assessment services due to be implemented from 2021.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	232107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>DWP is committed to achieving value for money and is focussed on achieving the best outcomes for customers. We are in the process of designing the new service around customers, engaging with the market and shaping our approach to safe implementation, all of which needs to be complete as part Department’s business case process, as you would expect from any new service being developed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/03/2019 10:39:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1088311

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that sixth form colleges have adequate funding to offer courses in modern foreign languages.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	231958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>We want young people to have a range of options so that they can develop the skills they will need in adult life. We encourage and support colleges, schools and other providers to provide a range of study programmes to help students develop these skills.</p><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. Overall, the government plans to invest nearly £7 billion during 2018/19 to make sure that there is a place in education or training for every 16 to 19 year old who wants one. This includes over £500 million in funding for disadvantaged young people to get the educational support they need and £127 million for discretionary 16-19 Bursary Fund allocations to provide financial support for those students who need it to participate.</p><p>Providers are funded for an average of 600 planned hours per year per full-time student. This level of funding supports a significant programme of study, typically including qualifications and extra-curricular enrichment activity as well as pastoral support and employability support. However, the viability of individual courses depends on student numbers and student choices. Some providers, in particular smaller institutions, may not always be able to offer the full range of subjects where small class sizes make it expensive to deliver less popular subjects. Ultimately, it is up to individual colleges to decide which courses to offer and, as part of their curriculum planning, they can consider working with other providers to combine resources and maximise their offers.</p><p>We are considering the efficiency and resilience of the sector and are assessing how far the current funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision for young people. We will continue to look carefully at these issues in preparation for the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 231959 231960 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:55:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1088312

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Sixth Form Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that sixth form colleges have adequate funding to offer courses in all STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	231959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>We want young people to have a range of options so that they can develop the skills they will need in adult life. We encourage and support colleges, schools and other providers to provide a range of study programmes to help students develop these skills.</p><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. Overall, the government plans to invest nearly £7 billion during 2018/19 to make sure that there is a place in education or training for every 16 to 19 year old who wants one. This includes over £500 million in funding for disadvantaged young people to get the educational support they need and £127 million for discretionary 16-19 Bursary Fund allocations to provide financial support for those students who need it to participate.</p><p>Providers are funded for an average of 600 planned hours per year per full-time student. This level of funding supports a significant programme of study, typically including qualifications and extra-curricular enrichment activity as well as pastoral support and employability support. However, the viability of individual courses depends on student numbers and student choices. Some providers, in particular smaller institutions, may not always be able to offer the full range of subjects where small class sizes make it expensive to deliver less popular subjects. Ultimately, it is up to individual colleges to decide which courses to offer and, as part of their curriculum planning, they can consider working with other providers to combine resources and maximise their offers.</p><p>We are considering the efficiency and resilience of the sector and are assessing how far the current funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision for young people. We will continue to look carefully at these issues in preparation for the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 231958 231960 question first answered 20/03/2019 18:55:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper