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1127102

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date	16/05/2019
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: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of recent polls in respect of whether to hold a second referendum on EU membership.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	255330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it does not support a second referendum. The priority of the Government is to deliver on the result of the first referendum by trying to find a compromise deal that could command majority support in Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/05/2019 12:31:37 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127106

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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, whether the Government plans to make it its policy not to leave the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	255332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>It remains Government policy to leave the EU with a deal as soon as possible. We do not want to leave the EU without a deal and it is also clear that there is no Parliamentary majority for pursuing this outcome. However ‘no deal’ remains the legal default on 31 October and we continue to prepare for such a scenario.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/05/2019 12:33:28 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127120

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paramedic call-outs relating to alcohol there have been in each year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	255333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Government has taken action at the national level to tackle alcohol misuse including preventing below cost selling, tightening the rules on irresponsible promotions and introducing new powers to deal with anti-social behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/05/2019 13:12:20 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1127148

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans her Department has to change the number of tanks available to the Army.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	255362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Following outcomes of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the British Army currently has 227 Challenger 2 tanks. For current and historical information on the British Army's vehicle fleet size, statistics may be found online either on the gov.uk website through the 'UK armed forces equipment and formations' publication, or on the National Archives website within copies of the 'UK Defence Statistics Compendium.'</p><p>With regards to the future size of the Army's tank fleet, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 April 2019, to Question 246488 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 255360 255361 255363 255364 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:04:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 246488 - Challenger Tanks - Repairs and Maintenance.docx title Challenger Tanks - Repair and Maintenance
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1127149

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tanks the Army has had in service in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	255363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Following outcomes of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the British Army currently has 227 Challenger 2 tanks. For current and historical information on the British Army's vehicle fleet size, statistics may be found online either on the gov.uk website through the 'UK armed forces equipment and formations' publication, or on the National Archives website within copies of the 'UK Defence Statistics Compendium.'</p><p>With regards to the future size of the Army's tank fleet, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 April 2019, to Question 246488 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 255360 255361 255362 255364 question first answered 21/05/2019 15:04:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 246488 - Challenger Tanks - Repairs and Maintenance.docx title Challenger Tanks - Repair and Maintenance
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1127151

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much her Department has spent per capita in each region of the UK in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	255365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on Ministry of Defence (MOD) expenditure per person, broken down by region is published in Tables 4 and 5 of the MOD regional expenditure with UK industry and supported employment 2017/18 bulletin, which can be found at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-regional-expenditure-with-uk-industry-and-supported-employment-201718</p><p>Data for 2018/19 will be published in January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/05/2019 15:02:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1127152

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was in days for decisions to be made on Indefinite Leave to Remain applications in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	255366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>We do not publish this specific data for all applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), however the vast majority of such cases are dealt with within the service standard of six months (which applies to straightforward applications, where the customer has met all their obligations). Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p><p><br>The published statistics on leave to remain applications that have been processed within service standard can be found in the migration transparency data release</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019 </a></p><p>at: InC_02: Percentage of In-Country visa applications, for each Route, processed within Service Standards</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 255367 255368 255369 question first answered 21/05/2019 13:09:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1127153

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in further education colleges have been required to take (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSEs because of the requirement that all 16 to 18 year old students who have not yet achieved a grade 4 while at secondary school resit these exams in each of the last six years; and how many of those students achieved a pass at grade 4 or the equivalent required standard.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	255399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>From August 2014, students who left key stage 4 without a GCSE grade 4/C or above (or equivalent) in English and/or maths were required to continue studying these subjects as part of their 16-19 study programme. From the following year, students starting a new study programme with a GCSE grade 3/D (or equivalent) in English and/or maths had to enrol on GCSE courses only. From August 2019, students starting a new or continuing an existing study programme with a GCSE grade 2 (or equivalent) or below can study towards a pass in Functional Skills Level 2 or they can still study towards a GCSE grade 4 to 9. Those with a grade 3 (or equivalent) must still study GCSE only. Providers have the freedom to decide if and when students are ready to re-enter for an examination.</p><p> </p><p>For years up until 2014/15 the Department published statistics on the achievement in English and maths by students who had not achieved GCSE A*-C 2 years previously (i.e. the 2014/15 estimates were based on those at end of key stage 4 in 2012/13). From 2015/16, figures are based on students at the end of their 16-18 study (up to 3 years of study)<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/255399%20QC%20200519.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></a>. This means that figures for 2014/15 and earlier are not directly comparable to those for later years.</p><p> </p><p>The tables attached show the number of students in further education colleges, in England, from 2012/13 to 2017/18 who did not achieve a grade 4/C or equivalent in English or maths at key stage 4 and how many of them went on to achieve a grade 4/C or better (or equivalent).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/255399%20QC%20200519.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years</a>. For 2012/13 to 2014/15, scroll down to the ‘level 1 and 2 attainment’ section and open the link for each year. In the national tables, you require tables 2 and 4. For 2015/16 to 2017/18, open the revised publication at the top of the page for 2016, 2017 or 2018 and then open the ‘English and maths tables’. Institution type breakdowns are available in table 14a and 14b.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/05/2019 16:55:22 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 255399_table.doc title 255399_table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1127155

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was in days for decisions to be made on Indefinite Leave to Remain applications in South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	255368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>We do not publish this specific data for all applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), however the vast majority of such cases are dealt with within the service standard of six months (which applies to straightforward applications, where the customer has met all their obligations). Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p><p><br>The published statistics on leave to remain applications that have been processed within service standard can be found in the migration transparency data release</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019 </a></p><p>at: InC_02: Percentage of In-Country visa applications, for each Route, processed within Service Standards</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 255366 255367 255369 question first answered 21/05/2019 13:09:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1127178

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has collated feedback from NHS dental practitioners and NHS dental owners on the effectiveness of NHS Business Services Authority oversight procedures.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	255314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority collects a wide range of data from dental practices as part of its role as payment agency for National Health Service dental remuneration. A sub set of this data is routinely published by NHS Digital and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics</a></p><p>A further suite of management information is not routinely published but is directly shared with dental contract holders through the IT system used to manage remuneration known as Compass. Other data held by the NHS Business Services Authority is available by specific request subject to the usual rules on data protection.</p><p>Oversight of the NHS Business Services Authority overall is provided by the Department. The NHS Business Services Authority dental services carry out yearly research into user satisfaction with its services. This includes a survey of dental contract holders. The survey aims to identify areas for further improvement and the results are shared with the Department.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 255313 question first answered 21/05/2019 16:15:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson