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862025

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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	Academic Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle no platform practices at universities.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	132444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The government does not support blanket no-platforming of individuals or organisations who are legally exercising their right to freedom of speech.</p><p> </p><p>Universities have a legal duty to take reasonable steps to ensure freedom of speech, including for visiting speakers under the Education Act (No 2) 1986. We extended this duty through the Higher Education and Research Act to cover all providers registered with the Office for Students.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Students will also play a role in championing free speech, which is built into its regulatory framework.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/03/2018 16:41:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

862026

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	Wakefield City Academies Trust
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 30 November 2017 to Question 116798, when he plans to publish the Education Funding Agency reports on Wakefield City Academy Trust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	132445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Once all of the academies currently part of Wakefield City Academies Trust are transferred to new trusts, a copy of the report of the multi-academy trust review carried out by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in 2016, will be placed in Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2018 10:04:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

862031

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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2018 to Question 128589, if her Department will collect data on the number of recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest at geographies smaller than Government Office Region.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	132450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The data needed to make robust estimates of the number of recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) at geographies smaller than Government Office Region is not available to Departmental analysts. We have no plans to collect such data.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/03/2018 15:20:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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

862034

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	Prisons: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what professional qualifications are required to work as a careers advisor in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	132453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The minimum acceptable qualification that a funded National Careers Service adviser must achieve before they are permitted to deliver careers information, advice and guidance in a community or prison setting is a Level 3 Certificate in Advice and Guidance.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/03/2018 17:25:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

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

862037

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	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2018 to Question 129973 on Slavery, for what reasons an extension of support for victims of trafficking will not be automatic until (a) her Department publishes its updated guidance on discretionary leave to remain and (b) a decision has been made on those cases in accordance with that updated guidance.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	132456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>In line with standard practice, support providers under the Victim Care Contract can seek an extension of support for confirmed victims who are awaiting a discretionary leave decision.</p><p><br>Whilst we consider next steps, interim guidance has been issued to caseworkers to put on hold any refusals of discretionary leave to remain decisions for confirmed victims of modern slavery. Grants of discretionary leave are continuing. This guidance is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-operation-guidance-discretionary-leave-for-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-operation-guidance-discretionary-leave-for-victims-of-modern-slavery</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/06/2018 14:21:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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