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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

862033

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving their first universal credit payment have had money deducted from that payment to repay debt from (a) the Social Fund and (b) other benefits; and how much and what proportion of that debt has been repaid to date.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	132452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/03/2018 11:55:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

862035

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the use of high pressure laminate cladding is permitted under Approved Document B.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	132454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Approved Document B does not specify particular products that can or cannot be used as part of an external wall system. In considering which products to use, the person carrying out the work must ensure that the requirements for external walls to resist the spread of fire are met. Approved Document B provides guidance on how those requirements may be complied with.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/03/2018 17:28:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 48381 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

862036

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Research Establishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Building Research Establishment has represented the Government in an official capacity on fire safety in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	132455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Building Research Establishment (BRE) provides technical support to the Department on fire safety in a number of capacities, which can include attending meetings of relevant experts. Members of BRE staff also sit on standards committees dealing with fire safety as UK experts.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/03/2018 17:29:37 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 48382 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

862038

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the application of the principle of universal jurisdiction for alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan civil war; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	132457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>​UK support for international criminal justice and accountability is a fundamental element of our foreign policy. The UK supports Sri Lanka's accountability commitments to the UN Human Rights Council through Resolutions 30/1 and 34/1 as the best way to establish truth, and to achieve justice, restitution and reconciliation. A national process, initiated by the Government of Sri Lanka and supported by all communities, offers the best route to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 20/03/2018 15:16:05 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

862042

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of PFI payments to made by the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust over the next two decades.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	132461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The Unitary Charge payments for the new Queen’s Hospital (formerly Oldchurch hospital in Romford), for each year over the next two decades and up until the final payment in financial year 2039-40, are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The data is from the 2016 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) data summary sheet on the Treasury’s website. The Unitary Charge revenue payment figures include not just the financing costs (debt repayment and interest) for initial construction but also the costs of all the other services such as building maintenance and support services (cleaning, catering, portering etc.) provided over the lifetime of the contract. The payments are subject to meeting agreed performance and quality standards and include an annual uprate assumption for inflation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated Unitary Charge Payment (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>59.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>60.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>62.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>63.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>64.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>66.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>68.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024-25</p></td><td><p>69.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025-26</p></td><td><p>71.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2026-27</p></td><td><p>73.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2027-28</p></td><td><p>75.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2028-29</p></td><td><p>77.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2029-30</p></td><td><p>78.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2030-31</p></td><td><p>80.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2031-32</p></td><td><p>82.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2032-33</p></td><td><p>85.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2033-34</p></td><td><p>87.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2034-35</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2035-36</p></td><td><p>91.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2036-37</p></td><td><p>93.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2037-38</p></td><td><p>96.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2038-39</p></td><td><p>98.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2039-40</p></td><td><p>80.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information relating to all PFI projects in the National Health Service and social care in England, including that for the new Queen’s Hospital, is available on the Treasury’s website, via:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2016-summary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2016-summary-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The health sector schemes are marked “Department of Health” and then “DH-Acute (i.e. Hospitals)”. The new Queen’s Hospital has I.D number 284.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 21/03/2018 12:09:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

862050

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Zimbabwe: Emigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Zimbabwean diaspora in the UK to return to Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	132469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office regularly meets representatives from the Zimbabwean diaspora to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe.</p><p>The UK continues to call for free and fair elections and has called on the Zimbabwean Government to forge a new path free from oppression and misrule and to deliver a full programme of political and economic reform.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/03/2018 17:45:51 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 48369 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

862056

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulatory Futures Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 7.4 of his Department's report, Regulatory Futures Review, published in January 2017, whether it is his policy that arms-length bodies should operate under models of full cost-recovery where possible.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	132475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s policy on cost recovery is set out in Chapter 6 of HM Treasury's publication <em>Managing Public Money</em>, available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/686462/MPM_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/686462/MPM_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/03/2018 12:20:16 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

862064

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	En+ Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of whether the listing of EN+ Group on the London Stock Exchange received appropriate security checks; and if will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	132483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury is not directly involved in the process for companies seeking to list on the London Stock Exchange and therefore does not undertake checks as part of this process. Companies seeking to admit securities to the Official List must apply to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in its role as the UK Listing Authority (UKLA). For listed companies, the UKLA monitors and enforces compliance with the Listing Rules. The FCA is an independent regulator.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 132495 question first answered 20/03/2018 16:12:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

862069

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Investment: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of whether the recent European Court of Justice ruling issued on 6 March 2018 in the Slowakische Republik v Achmea BV case that the ISDS mechanism in an intra-EU bilateral investment agreement is incompatible with EU law; and whether the UK plans to follow that ruling and terminate its intra-EU bilateral investment agreements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	132488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has noted the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in this case and is considering its implications. The judgment makes no reference to the intra-EU bilateral investment treaties to which the UK is a party, nor does it direct Member States to terminate such agreements.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/03/2018 10:45:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff