Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

795433

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Commuters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further steps are being taken to assist employers in encouraging employees to cycle to work.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	115854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Cycle to Work scheme allows employers to loan bicycle and bicycle safety equipment to employees as a tax-free benefit. The Department has produced guidelines to encourage employers to take advantage of this scheme.</p><p>The Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, sets out the other steps the Government is taking to support cycling, and the funding available to improve local cycling provisions, provide safer cycle routes and increase cycle parking facilities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 115856 question first answered 04/12/2017 15:26:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

795671

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Pensioners: Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend Bereavement Support Payments to people above the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	116025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Many working age people are unprepared for the significant financial impact immediately following a bereavement. Thus Bereavement Support Payment is intended to provide short-term financial support for a bereaved spouse or civil partner following premature death during working life. This is a long-standing position in bereavement benefits which the Government has no plans to change.</p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/12/2017 16:58:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

795674

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.24 of Autumn Budget 2017, what funding her Department plans to allocate for (a) expanding the Teaching for Mastery maths programme, (b) the premium for pupils taking maths, further maths or core maths, (c) providing an annual £350,000 for every maths school under the specialist maths school model, (d) the pilot to improve GCSE maths resit outcomes and (e) establishing Further Education Centres of Excellence in each of the next five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	116028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Autumn Budget announced £177 million investment in maths over the next 5 years. The budgeted amounts for each of the specified programmes are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>- £27 million to further expand the Teaching for Mastery maths programme to reach 11,000 primary and secondary schools by 2022-23;</p><p>- £83.2 million to provide £600 for every additional pupil taking Maths or Further Maths A levels or Core Maths;</p><p>- £18 million additional funding for specialist Maths Schools;</p><p>- £8.5 million for the post-16 basic Maths pilot, which will run for 2 years; and</p><p>- £40.3 million for Further Education Centres of Excellence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) Teaching for mastery of mathematics</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) Maths premium for 16-19 year olds</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>83.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c) Maths schools</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d) Post-16 basic Maths pilot</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>e) FE Centres of Excellence</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures do not include the Barnett consequential for these measures, which is provided to the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education's total budgets in 2020-21 and beyond will be set at a future Spending Review, but will include the full costs of these Budget measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/12/2017 14:32:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

795677

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employee Benefit Trusts: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a review the regulation of employee benefit trusts following representations made on behalf of the Roadchef Employees Benefit Trust.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	116031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my written answer of 5 July 2017 (UIN 1465).</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 15:58:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

795693

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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, when he (a) ordered the drawing up of and (b) received the completed Brexit impact assessments.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	116047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Since the referendum my department has undertaken a wide range of qualitative and quantitative analysis across all sectors of the economy. However, the Secretary of State and I have made consistently clear that our analysis does not exist in the form of Impact Assessments.</p><p>Following the motion on 1 November, my department began collating our analysis into an accessible and informative set of reports for the Exiting the European Union Committee and the European Union Committee in the House of Lords. This has been a very substantial undertaking.</p><p>Cabinet Committee clearance was given on Monday 27 November and the reports were delivered immediately to the Committees. These sectoral analyses are being made available in reading rooms for all colleagues to access.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/12/2017 15:00:31 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

795694

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what relationship the Government plans to have with the EU's Permanent Structured Cooperation, known as PESCO, after leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	116048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The aim of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is to strengthen EU Member States' cooperation in military matters. PESCO is voluntary and works on an opt-in basis.</p><p>The UK Government has not committed to PESCO but supports its ambition to develop military capabilities that address the shortfalls in EU and NATO contexts. We welcome PESCO as a tool to support the development of capabilities that Europe needs for its security, provided it remains complementary to NATO and encourages EU-NATO cooperation; and that projects carried out under PESCO remain Member State-owned and the capabilities delivered are available not only to the EU but can also be used in support of NATO and UN operations.</p><p>There are no associated working groups but UK officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence have attended PESCO workshops at both the technical and policy level.</p><p>We are encouraging Member States to develop PESCO to be open to third country participation where there is clear value in doing so.</p><p>Our vision is of a unique third country partnership that enables unprecedented levels of practical cooperation in tackling common threats building on our shared values and interests. We believe that PESCO must be designed in a way that promotes an open and competitive European Defence industry.</p><p>Our approach reflects our commitment to European defence and security, and protecting the interests of UK industry.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 01/12/2017 14:54:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

795699

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the steps needed to develop a carbon capture and storage cluster in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, published on 12 October 2017, commits Government to working with ongoing initiatives in Teesside, Merseyside, South Wales and Grangemouth to test the potential for development of carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) industrial decarbonisation clusters.</p><p> </p><p>The Department met with Scottish Government, The Crown Estate Scotland, Pale Blue Dot Energy Ltd, Scottish Carbon Capture &amp; Storage and Summit Power on 15 November 2017 to discuss CCUS in Scotland and these discussions continue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/12/2017 11:24:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795700

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women who know they are expecting a child with disability have access to accurate information about the experiences of families who have raised a child with disability.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	116054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 29 November 2017 to Questions <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=114827" target="_blank">114827</a>, <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=114828+" target="_blank">114828 </a>and <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=114836" target="_blank">114836</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 116016 116018 question first answered 05/12/2017 14:29:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795703

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the contract awarded in February 2017 to Pale Blue Dot to review business models for carbon dioxide transport and storage, whether this work has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Pale Blue Dot Energy Ltd to undertake a study ‘CO<sub>2</sub> transport and storage: Review of business models (Phase 1)’. This work has now been completed and the report will be published on gov.uk in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/12/2017 16:16:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795713

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Nuclear Power: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the nuclear industry in each year since 2010; and what forecast he has made of the number of people employed in that industry in each year to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	116067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group conducts, as part of its activities, a labour market intelligence gathering exercise across the sector to produce an annual Nuclear Workforce Assessment (NWA), which identifies the sector’s forward demand requirements. However, the first NWA report was published in 2014, with a subsequent iteration released in 2015, to improve the estimates for job figures across the industry, and as such we are not able to provide an accurate estimation before this date. The estimate for total demand across the nuclear industry (in Full Time Equivalents) for 2014 and 2015 is 70,000 and 77,000 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The latest NWA published in July 2017 estimates the total demand each year to 2025 in FTEs as follows: <strong>2016 – </strong>84,000,<strong> 2017</strong> – 87,000; <strong>2018</strong> – 89,000; <strong>2019</strong> – 90,000; <strong>2020</strong> – 96,000; <strong>2021</strong> – 100,000; <strong>2022</strong> – 100,000; <strong>2023</strong> – 97,000; <strong>2024</strong> – 94,000; <strong>2025</strong> – 90,000.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/12/2017 16:36:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham