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777698

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments were consulted by the Department for Exiting the European Union on the economic impact assessments conducted for the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	109528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is carrying out an ongoing programme of comprehensive analytical work that will inform our negotiating position with the EU, to define our deep and special partnership with the EU and inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.</p><p>The Law Officers’ Departments are working with officials across government, in close coordination with the Department for Exiting the European Union, to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated programme of analysis across government.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/11/2017 14:08:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

777725

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2017 to Question 107742, on Department for Communities and Local Government: procurement, how many project managers employed by his Department have the authority to authorise projects of a value in excess of £10,000.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	109674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>No one individual (i.e. a Project Manager) in the Department has the authority to authorise projects which have a financial implication..</p><p>Individual payments over £10,000 must be authorised by a senior civil servant in accordance with the Department’s financial delegation framework:</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/11/2017 15:19:43 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 18709 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

777731

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contingency funding his Department has allocated in relation to the Government's negotiations on the UK leaving the EU for the (a) current, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	109778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committing new spending to the preparations for Brexit, and the Treasury has committed over £250 million of new money to departments in this financial year. My Department is doing all the work necessary to prepare for our exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/10/2017 17:02:39 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

777732

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has set aside for contingencies relating to the UK leaving the EU in the (a) current and (b) 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	109783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>My Department's EU Exit plans are well developed and have been designed to provide the flexibility to respond to a negotiated agreement, as well as preparing us for the eventuality of leaving without a deal. The Government is committing new spending to the preparations for EU Exit, and the Treasury has committed over £250 million of new money to departments in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/10/2017 17:03:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

777651

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to consult local authorities on proposals for a Shared Prosperity Fund; and whether he plans to consult local authorities in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	109493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund will seek to improve productivity and reduce economic inequalities across the country, including in Wales.</p><p>My Department continues its work on designing the new Fund and, as the Government has committed, will engage local authorities in all parts of the country.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 30/10/2017 17:01:31 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

777787

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to her Department's publication on an open process to provide breakfast clubs in schools, how much of the funding from this process is additional to the ring fenced revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	109689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>We announced within the Childhood Obesity Plan in August 2016 that we would launch a breakfast club programme using funds solely from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.</p><p>We published an invitation to tender on the 16 October 2017 indicating that we are investing £26 million from the levy over the next three years to expand breakfast club provision.</p><p> </p><p>We have also invested £100 million from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in the healthy pupils capital fund to facilitate an improvement in children’s physical and mental health by increasing and improving access to and use of relevant facilities, such as kitchens, dining facilities, changing rooms and sports facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 109743 question first answered 30/10/2017 17:14:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

777792

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Headteachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many head teachers (a) have registered and (b) been dismissed from schools within a multi-academy trust since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	109562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but this information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/10/2017 17:53:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

777771

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Ofsted: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many inspectors are employed by Ofsted in each region of England.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	109672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner). A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/10/2017 17:11:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

777767

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University Technical Colleges: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital spending was allocated from the public purse to each university technical college that has closed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	109764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 49 open university technical colleges (UTCs). Since 2010, seven UTCs have closed. These are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of UTC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of closure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Country UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Sustainable Engineering UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tottenham UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UTC Lancashire</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The primary objective of the Department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer. The Department’s published accounts include the capital and revenue spending for any UTCs which has closed.</p><p> </p><p>Capital funding for open free schools, UTCs and studio schools where costs have been finalised is published on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a>. The final capital costs for all UTCs that have closed since 2010 have not yet been published but are due to be included in the next publication round in coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Schools block funding allocations are published on gov.uk. The link for post 16 data is found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant are published on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of making a routine update to the data that we hold on pre and post-opening grant allocations for free schools, UTCs and Studio Schools, following the opening of new schools, in September. We will be publishing the latest data on gov.uk, in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/10/2017 13:27:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 18739 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

777768

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
	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 19 October 2017 to Question 107822, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools meet more than two Gatsby benchmarks of good practice in careers education, information, advice and guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	109667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The careers strategy will include proposals to improve the quality and coverage of careers advice in schools.</p><p> </p><p>These proposals will be informed by evidence regarding what works. The Gatsby benchmarks are based on the best national and international research and define excellence in careers provision. A two year pilot of the Gatsby benchmarks in the North East has demonstrated that significant improvements can be made.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/10/2017 17:46:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden