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425628

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects (a) to date and (b) in the future of the institutes of technology on UK productivity.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <ol><li>This government’s Productivity Plan responds to the UK's long-standing productivity gap compared to other some countries. The Institutes of Technology will seek to improve the UK’s performance on intermediate professional and technical skills. It will focus on the higher level skills employers demand, and will provide high-standard provision at levels 3, 4 and 5 – as part of a transformed skills system which is better able to meet local economic needs.</li></ol><br /> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/11/2015 14:59:09 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425667

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to implement the conclusions of Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, Cm 9098, published in July 2015, and simplify and streamline the number of qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Compared to other countries, technical and professional education in England is still too complex. The government’s ambition is for a system that provides individuals with clear, high-quality routes to employment.</p><p>Following Professor Alison Wolf’s 2011 Review of Vocational Education, the government has already removed thousands of low-quality qualifications, which were not valued by employers, from the school and college performance tables.</p><p>Building on these reforms we will introduce up to 20 specific new professional and technical routes will be created, leading up to employment or degree-level study. This will simplify the system so individuals no longer need to choose from thousands of qualifications.</p><p>To advise on these reforms, the government has appointed an Independent Panel on Technical and Professional Education, headed by Lord Sainsbury, former Minister of Science and Innovation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/11/2015 15:50:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 28329 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425668

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants and Teachers: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average cost to a (a) school and (b) local authority of employing a (i) teacher and (ii) classroom assistant; and what forecast she has made of that cost in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The government published a statistical release in July 2015, ‘School Workforce in England: November 2014’, which contains the latest statistics on average salaries for teachers employed by schools and local authorities in England. This release can be found online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p><p>The latest available statistics on the average salaries of teaching assistants employed by schools and local authorities in England were published in response to PQ856 in June 2015. This can be found online at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-02/856/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-02/856/</a></p><p>The Department for Education’s pay reforms have given schools greater flexibility to decide how much to pay their teachers and how quickly their pay progresses over time.</p><p>Future average salaries of teachers will be informed by the annual recommendations of the School Teachers Pay Review Body. The pay of teaching assistants and school support staff are set by schools themselves. The department does not produce forecasts of future average pay for these staff.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/11/2015 13:16:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425739

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of employing a (a) nurse, (b) midwife and (c) doctor; and what forecast he has made of that cost in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information is available for 2014/15 and is set out in the following table:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Estimated Average Cost per Full-Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors</p></td><td><p>£42,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwives</p></td><td><p>£45,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All hospital and community health services doctors</p></td><td><p>£96,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong></strong></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>Separate figures for qualified nurses are not available. Costs include employer national insurance and pension contributions but not other costs such as recruitment and training (which is not collected centrally).</p><br /><p><em>Source: </em>Department of Health’s Headline HCHS Pay bill Metrics, which are based primarily on earnings statistics published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, supplemented by employer pension and national insurance contributions estimates informed by unpublished and unvalidated data from the Electronic Staff Record Data Warehouse.</p><br /><p>Future costs will depend on the outcome of the Spending Review and pay recommendations of the independent Pay Review Bodies.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/11/2015 14:41:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425749

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average cost to a police authority of employing a (a) police officer and (b) police community support officer; and what estimate she has made of that cost in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Police authorities were abolished in 2012. Police and Crime Commissioners are now responsible for local priorities. The Home Office has estimated the costs of police officers and police community support officers based on average full time equivalent costs and predicted cost increases. The costs include the employers’ portion of National Insurance and pension contributions.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Officer</p></td><td><p>47,800</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>50,800</p></td><td><p>51,500</p></td><td><p>52,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average PSCO</p></td><td><p>32,300</p></td><td><p>33,400</p></td><td><p>33,800</p></td><td><p>34,200</p></td><td><p>34,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2015 17:43:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 28189 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425067

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's report, Fixing the Foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, Cm9098, published July 2015, what steps he has taken to increase the quantity and quality of apprenticeships in accordance with that report's recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Almost 2.4 million apprenticeship starts were delivered in the last Parliament and we will build on that success and deliver 3 million in this Parliament. We will introduce an apprenticeship levy to increase employer investment in apprenticeships. We are increasing the quality of apprenticeships through more rigorous assessment and grading at the end of the apprenticeship. The Enterprise Bill will protect the term ‘apprenticeship’ in law to prevent misuse. From next April, employers of apprentices under the age of 25 will no longer be required to pay National Insurance contributions for those employees.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/11/2015 17:10:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425068

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish his Department's Business Tax Roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government will publish a Business Tax Roadmap by April 2016, setting out plans for business taxes over the rest of the parliament. This will give businesses the certainty they need to plan long-term investment.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/11/2015 17:33:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425069

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an update on the delivery of the National Infrastructure Plan.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government continues to track the status of nationally significant infrastructure projects and programmes in the National Infrastructure Pipeline, which underpins the National Infrastructure Plan. In July 2015, the Government published a refresh of the National Infrastructure Pipeline containing details on the status of UK infrastructure projects.</p><p>Over 2,650 projects were completed in the last Parliament and a number of priority projects have been completed since the last National Infrastructure Plan was published, including Manchester Victoria station and Nottingham Express Transit Phase 2.</p><p><br> <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/11/2015 15:40:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

425070

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Economic Statistics Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the interim recommendations of Sir Charles Bean's review of the quality, delivery and governance of local statistics.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The independent review of UK economic statistics will publish interim recommendations for the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Minister for the Cabinet Office in autumn 2015. A final report will be published at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/11/2015 10:48:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

424685

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Respite Care: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to secure continued funding for the Short Breaks pathfinder initiative.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The Short Breaks pathfinder initiative was part of Aiming High for Disabled Children and ran in 21 local authorities from 2008. Since the pathfinder initiative, funding has been provided to support short breaks provision in all English local authorities. For example, between 2011-12 and 2014-15, short breaks were supported by £800m in the Early Intervention Grant. In 2011-12, and again in 2012-13, local authorities benefitted from an additional £40m per annum of capital funding for short break services.</p><br /><p>Since 2011, local authorities have also been under a duty to provide a range of short breaks services and to publish a local Short Breaks Duty Statement showing what services are available; how they are responding to the needs of local parent carers; and how short breaks can be accessed, including any eligibility criteria. Local authorities are responsible for funding this short breaks provision.</p><br /><p>This year, the Department for Education has awarded £250,555 to the Short Breaks Partnership (a consortium made up of Contact a Family, the Council for Disabled Children, Action for Children and KIDS) to provide information and advice to those involved in designing, commissioning, providing and taking up short breaks for disabled children.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/11/2015 17:25:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra