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862133

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	what proportion of her Department's staff are (a) female and (b) male.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	132552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>As of 28 February 2018, DFID have 55.4% female and 44.6% male employees.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/03/2018 16:33:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

861988

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	STEM Subjects
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of STEM subjects.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	904441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling our shortage of STEM skills so we can grow the workforce we need for a dynamic economy. We are doing this by investing in programmes to increase the take-up of maths, by incentivising schools using the recently launched advanced maths premium and supporting better teaching of maths, physics and computing in schools, including a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching.</p><p> </p><p>To improve the development of technical STEM skills, the Government is introducing T levels, which will be developed with employers, and provide progression opportunities into skilled work or higher level study, including degrees.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:26:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48392 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

861930

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s policy on funded childcare on the financial viability of childcare settings.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	904432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, we will be spending approximately £6 billion a year on childcare support, including £1 billion to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and pay the higher funding rates that were introduced in April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>These rates were based on our ‘Review of Childcare Costs’, which was described as thorough and wide ranging by the National Audit Office.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing tailored support to providers on business sustainability and continue to monitor the implementation of 30 hours of free childcare.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/03/2018 16:58:00 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

862075

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Blackburn
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2018 to Question 131116 on Churches: Blackburn, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of drafting contracts for church spires and towers to host broadband and mobile facilities which take into account circumstances in which Church authorities subsequently wish to demolish such buildings to make alternative use of Church land.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	132494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cathedral and Church Buildings Division of the Archbishops’ Council and the Church of England’s Parish Buying team are currently drafting guidance for those parishes that wish to engage with the project. Agreements will be entered into on a parish-by-parish basis. The guidance being produced for parishes will include advice on termination of contracts arising from the closure of a church.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:52 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

862240

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Press Gallery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of withdrawing Press Gallery passes being issued to (a) Russia TV and (b) RT; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	132659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>No Parliamentary Press Gallery passes are currently on issue to RT or Russia TV.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 29/03/2018 11:52:23 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

862303

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of Transport, for what reasons his Department's consultation entitled Road Vehicles Improving Air quality and Safety has run for a period of four weeks rather than the 12 weeks recommended in the Code of Practice on Consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	132722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Consultation Principles replaced the previous Code of Practice in July 2012. The latest version dated 14 January 2016 requires that “Consultations should last for a proportionate amount of time”. In this case, the proposals were the subject of informal discussion between the UK motor industry and the department’s technical experts prior to the consultation launch.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/03/2018 15:00:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

862122

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 4.4 of the United Kingdom Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-2022, which Ministers are in the Inter-Ministerial Group; and when the first meeting of that group will take place.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	132541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The Anti-Corruption IMG last met in March 2017, co-chaired by Minister for the Cabinet Office Ben Gummer MP and the Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion Sir Eric Pickles MP. Following the publication of the anti-corruption strategy, membership is being revised to ensure effective ministerial oversight of Strategy priorities. I can confirm that it will be constituted by Ministers and senior representatives from all relevant Departments and law enforcement agencies, and the Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Champion, and will meet in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/04/2018 14:48:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

862305

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish statistics on applications by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors under the Grenfell Tower relatives policy.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	132724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>We have plans to publish statistics about applications made by survivors and relatives of victims and survivors in due course, once the data has been properly assured.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2018 16:13:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

862063

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of whether Russian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and supplying raw materials such as aluminium to Russia represent a threat to the UK's national interests and security; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	132482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has conducted no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/03/2018 12:44:52 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

862104

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Greater Manchester Police: Finance
	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 estimates that its funding allocated to Greater Manchester Police will increase or decrease in real terms in each year until 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	132523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>In January I announced the police funding settlement for 2018/19 which will see an additional £450m invested in the policing system, around £270m direct to PCCs. I understand that the Greater Manchester Mayor has chosen to use his increased precept flexibility, which will provide around £10.4m additional funding for Greater Manchester Police in 2018/19. The Mayor has said that he will use this additional funding to improve services delivered to the public. I spoke to police leaders in every police force in England and Wales about the demands they face, including representatives from Greater Manchester and this settlement reflects the evidence they provided.</p><p>Decisions about the allocation of police resources and deployment of officers are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable PCCs. They are responsible for ensuring the needs of the local community are met.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 132524 132525 question first answered 19/03/2018 14:34:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith