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794202

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date	23/11/2017
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	Small Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with representatives of small businesses to understand their needs and concerns regarding the impact of the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Evans of Watford
uin	HL3520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have engaged extensively on EU exit with businesses, business groups and trade bodies across all regions of the UK. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been meeting regularly with five of the biggest business groups, including the Federation for Small Business. We want to achieve the best possible outcome and the strongest possible partnership - one that works for UK businesses. We plan to be ambitious in these negotiations and will secure the best possible access for firms to trade with and operate in the European market.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/11/2017 16:45:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2766 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Watford

794247

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer of 14 November 2017 to Question 111108 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff, what estimate he has made of the number of staff to be recruited in each Department; the grade at which staff will be recruited and what professions will be recruited.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	115220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 14 November 2017 to Question 111108.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 16:06:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

794254

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students taking music as a GCSE subject perform better overall in the Progress 8 measure.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	115227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Pupils who take music have higher progress 8 scores. This may not be the result of taking music and may be the result of taking more GCSEs.</p><p>The average progress 8[1] scores of pupils in state funded schools[2], at the end of key stage 4[3], split by whether they entered a GCSE or equivalent[4] qualification in music[5], are presented in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Academic year 2016/17<strong>[6]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<strong>[7]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>460,593</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>39,028</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Academic year 2015/16<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>469,513</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>42,540</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td><td><p>0.17</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>Progress 8 is a new measure which schools and pupils are still adjusting to and with the ongoing transition to reformed GCSE’s, it is expected that Progress 8 scores will be prone to fluctuations initially. Progress 8 is a measure which focuses on each pupil’s ‘starting point’ (key stage 2 attainment) and the progress they make, therefore more analysis is required to unpick which, if any, factors have a definitive influence on these scores. With data for only two years, it is too soon to draw conclusions. More information on Progress 8 is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>.</li><li>State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.</li><li>Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</li><li>Includes entries in graded music qualifications.</li><li>Pupils are recorded as ‘entering music’ if they sat at least one exam in any music qualification which is counted in the secondary school performance tables as a GCSE, equivalent or graded music qualification.</li><li>2015/16 data is final; 2016/17 data is provisional.</li><li>Progress 8 scores are estimates and the confidence intervals provide the <em>likely </em>bounds of the true score. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>. There are also significantly fewer pupils entering music than those who do not, this can lead to undue influence by outliers in the smaller cohort and it is not advised to draw definitive conclusions when the data is mismatched in this way.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 15:47:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

794259

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reimburse claimants of Employment and Support Allowance who were subject to payment miscalculations between 2011 and 2015 when those people were moved from incapacity benefit and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	115232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>We are aware that some individuals have been underpaid when moving to Employment and Support Allowance. The department has started to put this right and will bring these plans to parliament.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/11/2017 17:24:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

794282

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that licensing authorities (a) introduce disability equality training and (b) publicise the 2010 Best Practice Guidance for taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	115255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) services must be accessible to those who rely upon them, and disability awareness training can be effective in equipping drivers with the skills and knowledge to provide all passengers with the assistance they require. The Department is currently considering the responses to the consultation on the draft Accessibility Action Plan which will inform the updated Best Practice Guidance for taxi and PHV licensing authorities. It is the Department’s expectation that the guidance will include a recommendation that authorities should use their existing powers to require prospective drivers to complete disability awareness and equality training.</p><p> </p><p>I announced in a Westminster Hall debate that I would be setting up a working group to consider current issues concerning taxi and PHV licensing, reporting its findings to me in the new year.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/11/2017 10:57:01 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

794289

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Climate Change Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to continue to participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	115262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in climate change and has always been a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) individually as well as through the EU and we are bound by all the obligations of the Paris Agreement under international law.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s commitment to action to tackle climate change and to the UNFCCC process is not in doubt; we remain firmly committed to the Paris Agreement and to our emissions reduction and climate finance efforts under it. We have demonstrated our commitment domestically – we were the first country to introduce legally binding emissions reduction targets through the Climate Change Act, and we have recently published our highly praised Clean Growth Strategy, which is ambitious and robust in setting out how we will decarbonise the UK economy through the 2020s. The UK is also committed to phasing out unabated coal power generation by 2025, and at the recent twenty-third Conference of the Parties (COP23) the UK, joint with Canada, announced the Powering Past Coal Alliance which gained the support of more than 20 partners. Internationally, through our International Climate Finance we have committed to provide at least £5.8bn between 2016 and 2020 to developing countries, to help them mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.</p><p> </p><p>Whatever the nature of the future UK-EU relationship, the UK will remain committed to international efforts to tackle climate change, and working closely with the EU will remain very important.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/11/2017 16:38:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

794293

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111541, on companies: ownership what access the Government has to registers of beneficial ownership in each British Overseas Territory.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	115266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>​Central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective arrangements are in place in Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar.</p><p>Under bilateral arrangements concluded in 2016 with Overseas Territories with financial centres, UK law enforcement authorities have the automatic right of access to beneficial ownership information held on companies incorporated in those Territories within 24 hours or one hour in urgent cases.</p><p>Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands have not yet established a central register or similarly effective arrangement. We continue to monitor progress and to offer support to both these Territories.</p><p>Montserrat has committed to establish a public central register and is expected to introduce new legislation to implement its central register shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/11/2017 17:07:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

794302

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Departmental are working on (a) administrative, (c) technical and (c) legislative tasks relating proposals to include a mother's name and details on marriage certificates.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	115275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has a number of officials who are working, or have worked, on proposals to include mothers’ names on marriage certificates. This work forms just part of these officials' wider responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/11/2017 17:22:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

794304

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which acts of Parliament need to be amended in order to allow mothers' names and details to be given on marriage certificates.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	115277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Any change to the content of the marriage entry to include mothers’ names would ideally also bring forward reform to how marriages are registered to introduce efficiencies and create a more secure system for the maintenance of marriage records.</p><p> </p><p>To introduce such reform would require changes to primary legislation, in particular the Marriage Act 1949, and associated regulations. We continue to look for opportunities to introduce the legislative change required.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/11/2017 17:27:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

794305

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on biometric resident permit cards that have required revision due to errors in England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	115278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/11/2017 17:15:38 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger