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1167587

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	Farmers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to help ensure business certainty for farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	900257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking the necessary steps to ensure the UK leaves the EU with certainty and continuity.</p><p>As well as a programme of secondary legislation, the Agriculture Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech, provides the foundation for a smooth transition for farmers to a new public money for public goods approach.</p><p>In the event of a no deal we have contingency arrangements in place allowing us to act swiftly if agricultural sectors are adversely affected.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2019 16:19:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1167615

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that non-maintenance-paying parents do not request mandatory reconsiderations from the Child Maintenance Service to continue to avoid making payments.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	8253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>All clients, regardless of their role within the scheme, have the right to request a decision be reconsidered by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Mandatory reconsideration rights only apply to decisions relating to child maintenance liability. The standard timescale in which a revision may be requested is within 30 days of the date of notification of the decision. Our policy is that a mandatory reconsideration will only happen once in respect of any particular decision, after which a client accrues the right to appeal to an independent tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>If a client requests a mandatory reconsideration, their child maintenance liability will remain in place as usual until a decision is made. Where a mandatory reconsideration or appeal is ongoing, the Service will continue to attempt collection of any debt that is not covered by the appeal. The CMS may make a decision to suspend enforcement action on debt which is subject to an appeal, as this may result in reimbursement for the amount collected.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/11/2019 16:35:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1167683

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the amount owed is in respect of loans for (a) tuition fees and (b) living costs to date; and what projections his Department has made of the amounts owed in respect of each of those loans in (i) 2025, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2040 and (iv) 2050.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>At the end of the 2018-19 financial year, the total outstanding loan balance was £121.8 billion[1].</p><p> </p><p>This figure includes all loan products and covers borrowers who received loans as English</p><p> </p><p>domiciled students studying in the UK or as EU domiciled students studying in England.</p><p> </p><p>The corresponding forecasts are detailed in table 1 (attached).</p><p> </p><p>The information by product (maintenance loans/tuition fee loans) is not readily available</p><p>and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-england-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-england-2018-to-2019</a>. (Table 1A)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/11/2019 17:23:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name 8237_total)outstanding_balance_at_the_start_of_the_financial_year.pdf title 8237_PDF
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167684

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of whether it is possible to replace tuition fees with maintenance grants and be cost-neutral to the public purse; and whether there would need to be a reduction in the number of student places to achieve that change in the current spending round.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Taxpayers subsidise around 50% of the cost of higher education. The cost of the student finance system is a function of 3 main parameters: (i) the number of students supported, (ii) the level of resource per student and (iii) the terms of the funding (for example the balance of loan vs. grant funding) provided to students and institutions. Changing any of these parameters, for example by reintroducing maintenance grants, will require changes either or both of the other 2 if the outcome is to be cost neutral.</p><p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies has recently published illustrative estimates of the potential cost to HM Treasury of abolishing tuition fees. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14369" target="_blank">https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14369</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/11/2019 17:32:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167685

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many more students have attended university since the cap on student numbers was lifted; and what recent assessment his Department has made of whether there has been an increase in the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds attending university since that cap was lifted.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>In 2013, the government announced that the student number controls at publicly funded higher education institutions in England would be removed by 2015/16. This was preceded by a relaxation of student number controls for AAB students, who were made exempt from 2012/13, and ABB students, who were exempt from 2013/14.</p><p>Student number controls applied to full-time undergraduate students at English higher education institutions who were domiciled in the UK or European Union prior to study.</p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled in higher education institutions in England. Time series for UK and EU domiciled full-time undergraduate entrants at higher education institutions in England have been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK and EU domiciled full-time undergraduate entrants </strong></p><p><strong>English Higher Education Institutions</strong></p><p><strong>Academic years 2011/12 to 2017/8</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></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><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total entrants</p></td><td><p>389,575</p></td><td><p>334,820</p></td><td><p>362,910</p></td><td><p>373,950</p></td><td><p>387,610</p></td><td><p>395,485</p></td><td><p>393,675</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record 2011/12 to 2017/18</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: (1) Figures in this table are rounded to the nearest multiple of five.</em></p><p><em>(2) Entrants refers to first year students.</em></p><p> </p><p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publish data on the proportion of disadvantaged 18-year-olds from England accepted to full-time higher education. In 2018 there were a record proportion of disadvantaged 18-year-olds from England accepted onto full-time higher education courses.</p><p><strong>Entry rates for English disadvantaged 18 year olds</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Application cycle</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disadvantaged entry rate</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p>17.0%</p></td><td><p>18.0%</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td><td><p>20.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: UCAS End of Cycle report 2018 </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: The disadvantage measure refers to POLAR Quintile 1. POLAR is an area-based measure of educational disadvantage.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/11/2019 17:12:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167344

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) monitoring and (b) analysis his Department undertakes of the average (i) capital cost, (ii) running cost and (iii) whole-life cost of electric vehicles relative to (A) petrol and (B) diesel vehicles for different (1) categories of vehicle and (2) groups of users.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	7800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The department procures data and analysis from external consultants, which allows us to assess current and potential future capital costs, running costs, and the whole life cost or ‘Total Cost of Ownership’ (TCO) for different categories of electric, diesel and petrol vehicles. We monitor for similar analysis produced by external parties to verify our understanding of how TCO, and the economic case for owning an ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV), is expected to evolve over time. When deemed necessary, we commission updates or revisions to the data and analysis. At the moment the Department does not conduct this analysis for individual consumer groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/11/2019 14:50:11 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1167348

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will ensure that its support for the Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, in 2020 will include the objective of improving nutrition for children under the age of five.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	7653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Gavi’s mission to save children’s lives by increasing equitable use of vaccines is directly aligned to the UK’s ambition to end preventable deaths of new-born babies and children under 5 years of age by 2030, under Sustainable Development Goal 3, and we have recently renewed our commitment to this goal. The UK is the largest donor to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, committing £1.44 billion between 2016 and 2020. This support will vaccinate 76 million additional children by 2020, saving 1.4 million lives from vaccine-preventable diseases in 68 of the world’s poorest countries. The UK will host the pledging conference for Gavi in June 2020.</p><p>DFID support to Gavi includes a wider package of health care support designed to strengthen and integrate services. Immunisation is often a child’s first point of contact with their health service. It creates an opportunity where malnourished children can be identified and treated. Vaccines can also prevent some of the infectious diseases and causes of malnutrition.</p><p>The UK is committed to investment in the integration of nutrition within other sectors, including health. We have championed efforts to achieve universal health coverage by bringing together initiatives on health security, antimicrobial resistance, and nutrition, into a single universal health coverage approach.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/11/2019 17:32:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1167349

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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	Ukraine: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of hate crime investigations in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	7637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom remains committed to working closely with the government of Ukraine, our international partners and local agencies to support efforts to report, investigate and reduce incidences of hate crime.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 04/11/2019 17:43:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1167356

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	7657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>GDS leads the digital function across government. Each Department has individuals responsible for leading digital in their respective Departments.</p><p>In MHCLG the Chief Digital Officer is Paul Maltby.</p><p>The mechanisms used to develop digital maturity are as follows:</p><p>We have a controls process in place to adhere to GDS and Cabinet Office standards.</p><p>We procure or build office IT and digital services.</p><p>We offer a User Centred Design team to design digital products and processes for the department.</p><p>We have teams working jointly with policy officials and local government to build digital maturity and the digital transformation of land planning and housing sectors</p><p>We hold regular digital showcases and show and tell events attended by a large cross section of the department to help build digital capability and awareness.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 04/11/2019 17:49:35 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167357

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	7658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Director General, Chief Information Officer (CIO), is responsible for digital maturity in the Ministry of Defence.</p><p>The CIO has mechanisms in place across defence to ensure that we regularly exploit modern digital opportunities to improve the outputs of defence. These mechanisms include a pan-Defence Digital &amp; IT (D&amp;IT) Coherence Board, a single D&amp;IT Transformation programme, innovation centres of expertise and the maintenance of common IT architectures and standards.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 04/11/2019 16:22:52 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb