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818669

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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 Market Access team in his Department has carried out sectoral impact studies on the effect on the economy of the UK leaving the EU, in addition to the studies released by his Department on 27 November 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	121433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We are undertaking a wide range of analysis looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. The sectoral reports are a part of that. They are not exhaustive, nor are they the final say on any of these issues. The Government is examining all areas of the UK economy and seeking input from a wide range of stakeholders in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.<br><br></p><p>However, Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would undermine our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 121434 question first answered 16/01/2018 12:01:05 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

818670

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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, what assessments have been made by the Market Access team in his Department on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on different sectors of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	121434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We are undertaking a wide range of analysis looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. The sectoral reports are a part of that. They are not exhaustive, nor are they the final say on any of these issues. The Government is examining all areas of the UK economy and seeking input from a wide range of stakeholders in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.<br><br></p><p>However, Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would undermine our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 121433 question first answered 16/01/2018 12:01:05 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

818671

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Leigh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) feasibility, (b) cost and (c) potential merits of a loop railway line to connect Leigh constituency with the Chat Moss railway line.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	121435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Leigh to the answer given by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the Hon Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) of 28 November 2017 (UIN 114760).</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/01/2018 11:06:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

818672

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2017 to Question 115972 on Infrastructure: Leigh, from which fund the £30m over the next 30 years for local priorities will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	121436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Greater Manchester Combined Authority receives an annual Investment Fund grant of £30 million from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2018 16:22:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

818683

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2017 to Question 118320, for what reasons there was no reference in the answer to conducting impact assessments of the effect on small businesses of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	121447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment is typically an appraisal of costs and benefits of a policy intervention, published alongside new legislation or regulations. For example, the Government published an Impact Assessment alongside the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. We will continue publishing Impact Assessments to accompany legislation, where appropriate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the Answer of 22 December 2017, I highlighted the Government’s extensive engagement with small and medium sized businesses throughout the UK. For instance, through speaking regularly to the Federation for Small Businesses, including on the Business Advisory Group. We also emphasised the work of the SME Advisory Board.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Exiting the European Union, working with officials across government, is undertaking a wide range of analysis to support our negotiations, covering the entirety of the UK economy, including small businesses. We will continue to this analysis, while being mindful of our specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would expose our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 16/01/2018 13:28:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

810330

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 118837, for what reasons no reference was made to market access assessments; and whether such assessments have been conducted.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	120796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>We are undertaking a comprehensive programme of analytical work looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. The Government is examining all areas of the UK economy and seeking input from a wide range of businesses and industry bodies in order to inform our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Our overall analytical programme of work is comprehensive, thorough and is continuously updated. We have conducted a range of quantitative and qualitative analysis looking at the implications of EU Exit on the domestic economy. However, these are not in form of discrete market access assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The sector reports recently shared with Members and Peers - which, among other things, contain factual information describing each sector, and a summary of sector views of UK withdrawal - form part of this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/01/2018 16:25:24 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

807192

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2017 to Question 118099, for what reasons no reference was made as to whether support to small businesses forming part of the Government's assistance to small businesses as the UK leaves the EU was to be financial or just other support.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	119838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>I continue to meet with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their representative bodies, as part of our preparation to leave the EU, to understand the concerns of small business owners and to find out what support they want from government. This is a work in progress and my hon. Friend the Undersecretary of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union has committed to join me in regular meetings with SMEs and representative bodies whilst we develop our plans.</p><p>Alongside this, the Government is working with the European Union to agree a deal on an implementation period and future partnership following the UK’s exit; a deal that provides certainty and clarity and that safeguards UK businesses’ ability to trade with their EU27 partners. Support provided to small businesses will also be informed by the outcome of these ongoing negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/12/2017 15:56:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

807194

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 118324, for what reasons no reference was made to the evidential basis for the recruitment of an additional 300 Border Force officers.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	119840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the 300 Border Force officers being recruited ahead of EU exit will undertake work to prepare the current workforce for any changes. This number will ensure a degree of additional operational coverage across regions, with the ability to flex to priority locations, to enable the existing workforce to be trained in new processes.</p><p>This number is subject to review. Border Force monitors workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand and will continue to do so throughout negotiations and as the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 17:01:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

807197

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 117570, what steps her Department plans to take to increase social mobility in areas of Good and Outstanding Ofsted rated schools.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	119843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Social mobility is the Department for Education’s priority and we recently published an action plan for driving social mobility through education (Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential, which can be found at: <a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/ws-attachments/806404/original/Social%20Mobility%20Action%20Plan.pdf" target="_blank">http://qna.files.parliament.uk/ws-attachments/806404/original/Social%20Mobility%20Action%20Plan.pdf</a>). This plan sets out how we will tackle barriers to opportunity at every life stage and includes an ambition to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their wealthier peers, no matter what school they attend, while raising standards for all. We will continue to support disadvantaged pupils in all schools in a range of ways.</p><p>The pupil premium grant provides schools with additional money to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities. All state–maintained schools, including those that are judged Good and Outstanding, receive the pupil premium based on the number of eligible pupils on roll. Schools receive £1,320 for primary-aged pupils and £935 for secondary-aged pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The 2015 Spending Review guaranteed these per-pupil rates until 2020. The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has narrowed since we introduced the Pupil Premium – now worth around £2.5 billion per year – in 2011.</p><p>Schools now have a broad range of evidence to draw on to support effective spending of the pupil premium, and we will continue to work with the Education Endowment Foundation to support this, including through a new approach to specialist national leader of education led pupil premium reviews.</p><p>We will also introduce a new £23 million Future Talent Programme to trial approaches and present clear recommendations on what works to support the most able disadvantaged children. And, given that disadvantaged pupils of all abilities are less likely to be entered for the core English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects that can open up opportunity, we will introduce targeted support for schools to encourage take-up and increase the supply of EBacc subject teachers, in line with our ambition of 75% EBacc take-up by 2022 and 90% by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/12/2017 14:24:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

807235

registered interest
date	15/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 21017 to Question 117797, for what reasons her Department has not set a target for the uptake of apprenticeships over the year following the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	119881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>In recognition that this is an increasingly market driven system, we have not set targets for the number of apprenticeship starts each year. The government wants employers to shape the way in which they develop their apprenticeship programmes.</p><p>We have set a target of 3 million apprenticeships starts in England by 2020. There have already been over 1.1 million apprenticeship starts since May 2015</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/12/2017 12:08:40 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt