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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

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

862040

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: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies were there for (a) nurses, (b) junior doctors, (c) doctors and (d) consultants, in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	132459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/03/2018 17:32:55 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

862041

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, if he will publish the PFI payments made by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust relating to (a) capital costs and (b) service payments for each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	132460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The capital cost and Unitary Charge payments for the new Queen’s Hospital (formerly Oldchurch hospital in Romford), for each year since financial year since 2015/16, are provided in the table below. The data is from the 2016 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) data summary sheet on the HM 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><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Capital Value (£ m)</p></td><td><p>Unitary Charge Payment 2015-16 (£ m)</p></td><td><p>Estimated Unitary Charge Payment 2016-17 (£ m)</p></td><td><p>Estimated Unitary Charge Payment 2017-18 (£ m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>266.0</p></td><td><p>57.2</p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>59.6</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 HM Treasury’s website, via:</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>The health sector schemes are marked “Department of Health” and then “DH-Acute (i.e. Hospitals)”. The new Oldchurch Hospital has ID number 284.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/03/2018 17:33:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
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

862043

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 Pages 7 and 8 of his Department's document, entitled Regulatory Futures Review, published in January 2017, whether his Department received such a report from a working group regulators.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	132462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Regulatory Futures Review recommended that a Working Group should be formed and should report to regulators. This has happened.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2018 11:58:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett