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1127139

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	General Practitioners: Migrant Workers
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 recruited through the international GP recruitment programme in each of the last five years; and which countries those GPs were recruited from.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	255395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The International GP Recruitment (IGPR) Programme was announced in August 2017 and recruitment began from April 2018. Prior to this, four pilot schemes were established between May 2016 and November 2017. Data on the number of general practitioners (GPs) who accepted a place on the IGPR programme and the pilot schemes and which countries they were recruited from for the years 2016/17 - 2019/20 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Staff involved in the IGPR Programme are undertaking wider workforce retention activities and the spend on international recruitment is therefore not separately identifiable. A number of staff roles are shared across general practice workforce initiatives to ensure maximum use of the available resource.</p><p>NHS England, Health Education England, and partner organisations continue to review the effectiveness of all measures in place to increase the GP workforce, including international GP recruitment, as part of the wider development of a sustainable general practice workforce.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 255396 255397 question first answered 24/05/2019 13:50:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1121424

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the £1,000 work allowance increase announced in Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	244182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget 2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24. No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures. Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining the most as a percentage of net income.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 244183 244184 244185 question first answered 29/04/2019 12:48:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1121425

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the distributional effect by decile of the work allowance increase announced in Budget 2018; and what proportional increase in the income of each income decile will be.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	244183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The £1,000 increase to the Universal Credit (UC) work allowance, announced in Budget 2018, will increase the amount that 2.4 million households can earn before their UC begins to be withdrawn. This change will enable working parents and people with disabilities on Universal Credit to keep over £630 extra income each year. The Budget 2018 work allowance change increased government support for UC by £1.7bn per year by 2023-24. No assessment has been made of the cost of a further £1,000 increase in the work allowances over and above those which were increased in Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s distributional analysis, published alongside Budget 2018, shows the cumulative effect on household incomes of policies on welfare, tax, and public service spending measures. Because different measures often interact with each other, this cumulative assessment provides the best representation of the overall intended policy effect. This shows that since this Chancellor and Prime Minister took office, their decisions have benefited households throughout the income distribution, with the poorest households gaining the most as a percentage of net income.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 244182 244184 244185 question first answered 29/04/2019 12:48:55 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1087275

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the changes to the immigration system that increased immigration since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	231566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Impact Assessments associated with legislation or rules changes are publicly available on gov.uk.</p><p>We keep all immigration policies under regular review including the impact that they are having on net migration.</p><p>The introduction of major immigration policies are accompanied by published impact assessments where appropriate, and the Government also commissions the Migration Advisory Committee to advise on immigration policy. Recent changes proposed in the Immigration White Paper, ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system,’ were accompanied by an analytical assessment which was published as part of the paper. <br></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 231565 231567 question first answered 19/03/2019 17:08:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1087276

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the changes to the immigration system that reduced net immigration since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	231567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Impact Assessments associated with legislation or rules changes are publicly available on gov.uk.</p><p>We keep all immigration policies under regular review including the impact that they are having on net migration.</p><p>The introduction of major immigration policies are accompanied by published impact assessments where appropriate, and the Government also commissions the Migration Advisory Committee to advise on immigration policy. Recent changes proposed in the Immigration White Paper, ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system,’ were accompanied by an analytical assessment which was published as part of the paper. <br></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 231565 231566 question first answered 19/03/2019 17:08:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1082332

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pension Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of pension sharing orders relating to police pensions; and if he will review his policy to ensure that people in receipt of police pensions are not disadvantaged by such orders in the event that they become divorced.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	228791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Pension sharing is one way in which the pension entitlements of divorcing parties may be split. It is governed by legislation which applies generally to pensions on divorce. Following pension sharing, a pension for the ex-spouse is calculated using actuarial guidance as prescribed. We have no plans to make changes to the pension sharing arrangements for the police pension scheme.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/03/2019 16:18:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058724

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Governors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of tenure is for prison governors in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	219587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We commend our hard working governors, who do a vital job in protecting the public every day.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30<sup>th</sup> September 2018, the average length of service in current post, for prison governors in England and Wales, was 2.6 years.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2019 11:44:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1056831

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2019 to Question 214134 on Debt Collection, how many certified enforcement officers have lost their licence to enforce debts since April 2014 as a consequence of a judicial order following a judgment that they were not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	218392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Information held centrally by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service does not record how many certified enforcement agents have lost their certificate to enforce debts as a result of a judicial order that they were not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/02/2019 14:54:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1023329

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many CCTV cameras there are in each category (a) A and (b) B prison.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	201264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The safety and security of prisons is a top priority.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons already use body searches, metal-detecting scanners and drug detection dogs, and we have invested £7 million in modern technology, including phone blocking technology and improved searching techniques. As announced recently in the Budget, we will now spend an extra £30 million this financial year to further improve decency, safety and security in prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not disclose details of our prison security defence capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security. Additionally, complete information on the cost of installing and upgrading CCTV in prisons could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. For the financial year 2018-2019, the Ministry of Justice has 52 separate projects pertaining to the installation/upgrade of CCTV within prisons, at a cost of £2,213,769.93.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 201265 201267 question first answered 04/02/2019 15:58:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 92882 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

891370

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in (a) Harborough constituency (b) Leicestershire (c) Leicester and (d) England in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to those areas under the National Funding Formula for (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	138114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding for schools at local authority level. Individual schools’ allocations are determined according to the local formula set by the local authority, in consultation with schools. It remains our intention that every school’s budget should be set on the basis of a single, national formula, but we believe a period of transition will provide greater stability for schools.</p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding for schools allocated by the Department to Leicester, Leicestershire, and England in each year since 2013-14 is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</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><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>200.54</p></td><td><p>205.61</p></td><td><p>211.37</p></td><td><p>226.70</p></td><td><p>230.84</p></td><td><p>240.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>38.41</p></td><td><p>40.21</p></td><td><p>40.48</p></td><td><p>41.10</p></td><td><p>48.01</p></td><td><p>48.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1.87</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>338.09</p></td><td><p>339.66</p></td><td><p>362.79</p></td><td><p>368.92</p></td><td><p>368.28</p></td><td><p>380.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>49.56</p></td><td><p>52.34</p></td><td><p>52.84</p></td><td><p>53.87</p></td><td><p>63.16</p></td><td><p>65.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>3.28</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>30,411.73</p></td><td><p>30,655.12</p></td><td><p>31,365.51</p></td><td><p>32,650.31</p></td><td><p>33,093.60</p></td><td><p>33,683.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>4,966.89</p></td><td><p>5,183.87</p></td><td><p>5,246.54</p></td><td><p>5,299.87</p></td><td><p>5,826.84</p></td><td><p>5,986.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>468.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note that, in 2017-18, the balance between the Schools Block and High Needs block for every local authority was re-balanced, to reflect previous years’ decisions on the local distribution of spending between schools, high needs and early years. In the case of Leicestershire, total funding increased in that year from £422.79m in 2016-17 to £431.44m in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013-14, the Department did not break the dedicated schools grant (DSG) into specific blocks. Total DSG allocations for the years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are shown below, but these figures are not comparable to those above because they cover schools, high needs and early years funding.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DSG £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td><td><p>204.16</p></td><td><p>244.96</p></td><td><p>247.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td><td><p>349.43</p></td><td><p>400.93</p></td><td><p>402.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>31,195.45</p></td><td><p>36,543.96</p></td><td><p>36,855.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Funding for 2019-20 will be determined later this year, on the basis of the October 2018 census. The Department published notional allocations, based on 2017-18 pupil numbers and characteristics, alongside the outcome to the national funding formula consultation in September 2017. However, these figures were published to help to explain the impact of the introduction of the national funding formula; they are not comparable with the figures in the tables above as they do not take account of the actual pupil numbers used to calculate schools block allocations for 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/05/2018 16:30:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 55089 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien