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1130873

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to sections five and six of the evaluation of the Young and Successful programme, published by Groundwork Greater Nottingham in 2018, if she will take steps to ensure that young people furthest from the labour market are not adversely affected by payment by results requirements of employability programmes.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	262407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The department offers a whole range of support of employment provision, of which contracted provision is one element. There is insufficient evidence from previous programmes, to show young people furthest from the labour market are adversely affected by payment by results requirements of employment programmes. For example, the extensive independently run Work Programme evaluation (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/425081/rr892.pdf) suggested that there was not a significant amount of variation in the level of support received and in general most participants were happy with the support they received. Published statistics suggest that job outcome rates were similar by age, indicating diverse groups of people can benefit from this provision.</p><p>Helping young people who are furthest from the labour market is a priority and the department has a variety of support to which we refer young people. 18 to 21 year olds who are in the all work requirements group take part in the Youth Obligation Support Programme which is now in every Jobcentre in Great Britain. Working with young people the Jobcentre can assess the particular need of the young person and then refer them to the most appropriate place. For example, sector-based work academies last for up to 6 weeks and have elements of work experience, short training and a guaranteed interview for a real apprenticeship or other job. Those further from the labour market may benefit from a traineeship which can last for up to 6 months and includes a focus on helping the young person reach level 2 in English and Maths.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to gain learning from previous programmes and evaluations to ensure it designs tailored provision, such as the new Work and Health Programme, that has minimum support levels for all customers and deliver improved outcomes to the customer and the department.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/06/2019 15:25:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1130914

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 259013, how many affordable homes have been built by the Church of England or its agents in each local authority area since 2015; and what the affordable housing requirement is in each of those local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	262248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>There have been 295 new affordable homes created on land owned by the Church Commissioners since 2015.</p><p>Details for each Local Authority area are shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Number of Affordable Houses Provided</p></td><td><p>Policy Requirement for Number of Affordable Houses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lindsey</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mendip</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arun</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 13/06/2019 15:52:36 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1130934

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes his Department uses with further education institutions to verify a child's full-time attendance in education in relation to the eligibility for child benefit payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	262339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC does not approach education institutions to verify information regarding eligibility for child benefit payments. The claimant is required to provide all the information necessary to support their claim. Details on how to claim can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/how-to-claim" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/06/2019 15:41:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1130943

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	General Practitioners
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 GP practices consist of (a) one, (b) two, (c) three to five, (d) six to ten, (d) 11-15, (e) 16 - 20 and (f) more than 20 GPs in each Clinical Commissioning Group area.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	262222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is available in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 13/06/2019 15:33:09 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name 262222 table.docx title All GPs at a GP practice in each CCG, March 2019
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1130944

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	General Practitioners
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 GPs have been (a) permanently employed and (b) employed as locums for a continuous period of more than six months in each Clinical Commissioning Group area.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	262223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is available in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 13/06/2019 15:41:23 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name 262223 Length of Employment for Permanent and Locum GPs TABLE.docx title GPs employed by a practice for 6+month, March 2019
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1130949

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many academics have been refused visas to travel to the UK for work-related purposes by his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	262234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>UKVI does not publish statistics categorised by an applicant’s profession or in this level of detail with regard to the purpose of visit.</p><p>The available statistics on grants and refusals by entry clearance visa category, including work and visitor visa routes, are published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q, latest edition at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#visas</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/06/2019 15:48:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130975

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Official Development Assistance is allocated to (a) ethical, (b) sustainable and (c) environmentally-sound projects.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	262268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Development’s approach to design and implementation of development projects is governed by a set of rules and standards that reflect good development practice.</p><p> </p><p>These rules and standards emphasise the principle of doing no harm. This ensures that interventions do not reinforce social exclusion and predatory institutions; exacerbate conflict; contribute to human rights or safeguarding risks. The rules also emphasise the importance of sustainability and resilience to generate lasting benefits for poor people. This includes ensuring that our interventions do not create or exacerbate resource scarcity, climate change and/or environmental damage.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/06/2019 15:27:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1131050

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of statements reportedly made by the French authorities that the nine unaccompanied children who are being processed under the Dubs scheme will be the last children to be processed before the allocation for the Dubs scheme is reached.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	262362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with participating States – France, Greece and Italy - to fulfil our commitments under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016.</p><p>The UK asked France to refer a further 100 unaccompanied children to the UK for transfer under section 67. Since then we have been making further progress with participating States to refer and transfer more eligible children to move closer to fulfilling the commitment to transfer 480 children.</p><p>We will publish further data on the transfers once we have fulfilled our commitments.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/06/2019 15:44:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1131091

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
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 consult on a new National Plan for Music Education; and what the timetable is for the publication of that plan.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	262411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Plan for Music Education sets out the Government’s commitment to music and its desire that young musicians should have every opportunity to progress as far as their talents allow. The Department is reviewing the plan for 2020, and will be consulting widely as part of that refresh, working with music experts and teachers. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/06/2019 15:48:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1131092

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to Music Education Hubs in local authority areas in (a) Merseyside, (b) the North West and (c) England and Wales since 2011.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	262412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s music hub programme, which has been in place in England since 2012/13, is intended to ensure all children have access to a high-quality music education, including learning to play musical instruments and having the opportunity to play and sing in ensembles.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of core funding allocations for the areas requested is provided in the tables below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens Music Hub</p></td><td><p>£152,637</p></td><td><p>£196,771</p></td><td><p>£198,850</p></td><td><p>£258,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside (excluding Wirral)</p></td><td><p>£1,155,039</p></td><td><p>£1,409,227</p></td><td><p>£1,186,226</p></td><td><p>£1,534,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£7,160,329</p></td><td><p>£8,970,650</p></td><td><p>£8,069,841</p></td><td><p>£10,402,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£50,014,480</p></td><td><p>£62,628,293</p></td><td><p>£58,187,226</p></td><td><p>£75,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens Music Hub</p></td><td><p>£255,889</p></td><td><p>£252,312</p></td><td><p>£254,068</p></td><td><p>£255,072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside (excluding Wirral)</p></td><td><p>£1,520,913</p></td><td><p>£1,510,038</p></td><td><p>£1,517,280</p></td><td><p>£1,526,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£10,405,255</p></td><td><p>£10,395,497</p></td><td><p>£10,474,949</p></td><td><p>£10,560,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£75,000,000</p></td><td><p>£75,000,000</p></td><td><p>£75,490,000</p></td><td><p>£75,840,004</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information requested is not held centrally regarding the total number or proportion of children who learn to play musical instruments at school. However, music is compulsory in the national curriculum for 5-14 year old pupils, and the national curriculum programmes of study say that children should have the opportunity to learn an instrument in Key Stages 1, 2 and 3.</p><p> </p><p>The music education hubs do record the number of pupils receiving individual or group lessons through the hub lead organisation or hub partners. Figures for the areas requested, based on the Department’s latest published music education hub data report in 2016/17 and broken down by level of study rather than age group, are included below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Entry</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Foundation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intermediate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Advanced</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens Music Hub</p></td><td><p>3,154</p></td><td><p>881</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>4,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside (excl. Wirral)</p></td><td><p>28,143</p></td><td><p>3,892</p></td><td><p>816</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>33,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>118,537</p></td><td><p>26,958</p></td><td><p>3,933</p></td><td><p>1,407</p></td><td><p>150,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>885,798</p></td><td><p>210,898</p></td><td><p>43,882</p></td><td><p>19,840</p></td><td><p>1,160,108</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The music hubs programme is only funded by the Department for Education in England. The figures provided for Merseyside do not include the Wirral because the area is covered by the Musical Routes Hub, which also covers Cheshire West and Chester.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 262462 question first answered 13/06/2019 15:28:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn