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1122629

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to focus on expanding the economy through the (a) technology, (b) manufacturing or (c) exports sectors; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	247004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor has been clear that raising productivity is the only way to expand the economy in the long term. Doing so will mean encouraging growth in the manufacturing sector, boosting the adoption of technology and enabling more British firms to export. That’s why we increased the National Productivity Investment Fund to £37bn at Budget 2018, and have announced a wide range of productivity enhancing measures at previous fiscal events. Most recently this has included £81 million for a new extreme photonics centre in Oxfordshire, £45 million for the European Bioinformatics Institute, and £79 million for a new supercomputer to be hosted at Edinburgh University.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/05/2019 07:20:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1122650

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Rakhine State Advisory Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the Burmese Government to adopt the recommendations made by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to press the Burmese authorities to implement the Annan Commission recommendations, and has discussed the issue with international partners in various fora. Most recently, I raised the issue with the Burmese National Security Adviser during his visit to London in March. We recognise that the Burmese Government has begun to respond to some of the recommendations but there is still much to be done. Through coordinated efforts at the United Nations, the UK has ensured a focus on Burma at the Security Council and Human Rights Council, including on the question of conditions in Rakhine. In January 2019 the Foreign Secretary discussed Burma with Foreign Minister Balakrishnan of Singapore; he has also met representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations working in Burma.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 247085 question first answered 02/05/2019 14:55:44 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122651

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Rakhine State Advisory Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State with (a) UN officials, (b) NGOs and (c) counterparts from ASEAN nations.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to press the Burmese authorities to implement the Annan Commission recommendations, and has discussed the issue with international partners in various fora. Most recently, I raised the issue with the Burmese National Security Adviser during his visit to London in March. We recognise that the Burmese Government has begun to respond to some of the recommendations but there is still much to be done. Through coordinated efforts at the United Nations, the UK has ensured a focus on Burma at the Security Council and Human Rights Council, including on the question of conditions in Rakhine. In January 2019 the Foreign Secretary discussed Burma with Foreign Minister Balakrishnan of Singapore; he has also met representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations working in Burma.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field grouped question UIN 247084 question first answered 02/05/2019 14:55:44 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122652

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received a copy of the repatriation agreement between Burma and Bangladesh for Rohingyan refugees.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The repatriation agreement between Burma and Bangladesh was signed on 23 November 2018. It has not been published, but the contents were widely reported in the media. We have previously raised our concerns in the House about the reported contents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/05/2019 14:58:33 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122653

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Rohingyan refugees are not repatriated to Burma against their will.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>​The UK has been clear, as has the UN Security Council, that Burma must create the conditions in Rakhine to allow the Rohingya to return safely, voluntarily and with dignity. We agree with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees that these conditions do not yet exist. UN agencies also do not have the access they need to provide independent monitoring of any returns. The UK was deeply concerned when Bangladesh and Burma announced that the repatriation of refugees to Burma would begin in November 2018. We raised our concerns at the highest levels with both Governments, stressing that returns should not commence while conditions in northern Rakhine remain as they are. We welcome Bangladesh's commitment to the principle of &quot;voluntariness&quot; and were pleased that repatriations did not commence in November 2018. We will continue to make representations to the Governments of both Bangladesh and Burma not to commence returns until suitable conditions exist in northern Rakhine.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/05/2019 15:02:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122670

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	X-rays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether hospitals frequently need to rely on the family members of patients to assist in x-ray procedures.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	247137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 13:40:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1122671

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on grassroots funding for the arts of the widespread theft of the UK creative industries intellectual property rights by the pirate network beoutQ.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	247159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to protecting the IP of our world leading Creative Industries, which is why are continuing to support The &quot;Get It Right&quot; campaign with £2M investment over 3 years. This campaign is part of The Government's Sector Deal which helps educate consumers on the dangers of copyright infringement and directs them towards legitimate sources of creative content online. The HM Ambassador in Riyadh has raised this matter on a number of occasions with Ministers in the Saudi Arabian Government.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2019 12:41:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1122676

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been submitted by Ministers in the Department on behalf of their constituents for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/05/2019 16:23:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122678

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of schools (a) offered support under Opportunity North East’s ONE Vision programme and (b) that have indicated they will accept that support.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	247053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>We will publish both the number of schools that were made an offer of support, the number that accepted the support, and the methodology used to determine eligibility for the Opportunity North East’s ONE Vision Schools programme in due course.</p><p>The ONE Vision programme aims to improve outcomes for young people at key stages 4 and 5 in 30 secondary phase schools. We selected Ofsted Requires Improvement (RI) as the single indicator to identify the long list of secondary phase schools in scope to become a ONE Vision school and, by exception<strong>, </strong>Ofsted Inadequate schools. We then shortlisted schools using a comprehensive review of their performance data, pupil demographics, Ofsted history and intelligence from local authorities and trusts on which schools were priorities for support. We made an initial offer of support to 32 schools, of which 30 accepted.</p><p>The support that each ONE Vision school receives will be bespoke to their individual circumstances. It will be determined by an analysis of need comprising an External Review of Governance, undertaken by a National Leader of Governance; a Financial Health Check, undertaken by a School Resource Management Adviser; and a School Development Review, undertaken by a National Leader of Education or other high performing school leader. This analysis will identify the schools’ main priorities for improvement.</p><p>The following table shows the number of pupils in 2017/18 (a) attending all state-funded mainstream schools in the North East who are in the region’s lowest quintile of Attainment 8 scores, and (b) attending ONE Vision Schools who are within the region’s lowest quintile of Attainment 8 scores.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in lowest quintile[1] of Attainment 8 scores (state-funded mainstream schools[2])</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in One Vision schools in lowest quintile<sup>1</sup> of Attainment 8 scores (state-funded mainstream schools<sup>2</sup>)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4,836</p></td><td><p>1,169</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of pupils in 2017/18 (a) attending all state-funded schools in the North East who are within the region’s lowest quintile of capped GCSE point scores, based on their best eight entries, and (b) attending ONE Vision Schools who are within the region’s lowest quintile of capped GCSE point scores, based on their best eight entries.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in lowest quintile<sup>1</sup> of best eight entries scores (all state-funded schools)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in One Vision schools in lowest quintile<sup>1</sup> of best eight entries scores (all state-funded schools)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4,879</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is a goal of the ONE Vision programme to build capacity in these 30 schools so that they are able to support other schools in the future. To ensure that the ONE Vision activity does not adversely affect schools that are not participating in the programme, we will continue to speak with local authorities and trusts as part of our monitoring activities to understand what impact ONE Vision is having on the wider community. We will also continue to monitor the performance of all schools across the region.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Quintiles are based on pupil ranking rather than school ranking. As more than one pupil can have the same attainment score, more than 20 percent of pupils can have scores in the lowest 20 percent.</p><p>[2] Region figures cover achievements in state-funded schools only. They do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 247054 247055 247056 247057 247058 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:27:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1122679

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Opportunity North East initiative, if he will publish the methodology used to determine eligibility for the ONE Vision Schools programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	247054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>We will publish both the number of schools that were made an offer of support, the number that accepted the support, and the methodology used to determine eligibility for the Opportunity North East’s ONE Vision Schools programme in due course.</p><p>The ONE Vision programme aims to improve outcomes for young people at key stages 4 and 5 in 30 secondary phase schools. We selected Ofsted Requires Improvement (RI) as the single indicator to identify the long list of secondary phase schools in scope to become a ONE Vision school and, by exception<strong>, </strong>Ofsted Inadequate schools. We then shortlisted schools using a comprehensive review of their performance data, pupil demographics, Ofsted history and intelligence from local authorities and trusts on which schools were priorities for support. We made an initial offer of support to 32 schools, of which 30 accepted.</p><p>The support that each ONE Vision school receives will be bespoke to their individual circumstances. It will be determined by an analysis of need comprising an External Review of Governance, undertaken by a National Leader of Governance; a Financial Health Check, undertaken by a School Resource Management Adviser; and a School Development Review, undertaken by a National Leader of Education or other high performing school leader. This analysis will identify the schools’ main priorities for improvement.</p><p>The following table shows the number of pupils in 2017/18 (a) attending all state-funded mainstream schools in the North East who are in the region’s lowest quintile of Attainment 8 scores, and (b) attending ONE Vision Schools who are within the region’s lowest quintile of Attainment 8 scores.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in lowest quintile[1] of Attainment 8 scores (state-funded mainstream schools[2])</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in One Vision schools in lowest quintile<sup>1</sup> of Attainment 8 scores (state-funded mainstream schools<sup>2</sup>)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4,836</p></td><td><p>1,169</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of pupils in 2017/18 (a) attending all state-funded schools in the North East who are within the region’s lowest quintile of capped GCSE point scores, based on their best eight entries, and (b) attending ONE Vision Schools who are within the region’s lowest quintile of capped GCSE point scores, based on their best eight entries.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in lowest quintile<sup>1</sup> of best eight entries scores (all state-funded schools)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils in North East in One Vision schools in lowest quintile<sup>1</sup> of best eight entries scores (all state-funded schools)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4,879</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is a goal of the ONE Vision programme to build capacity in these 30 schools so that they are able to support other schools in the future. To ensure that the ONE Vision activity does not adversely affect schools that are not participating in the programme, we will continue to speak with local authorities and trusts as part of our monitoring activities to understand what impact ONE Vision is having on the wider community. We will also continue to monitor the performance of all schools across the region.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Quintiles are based on pupil ranking rather than school ranking. As more than one pupil can have the same attainment score, more than 20 percent of pupils can have scores in the lowest 20 percent.</p><p>[2] Region figures cover achievements in state-funded schools only. They do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 247053 247055 247056 247057 247058 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:27:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell