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872545

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) savings to the public purse of alternatives to the use of detention in monitoring people facing removal from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	134359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office uses a number of tools to ensure that the vast majority of individuals who are liable to removal from the UK are managed in the community. These include reporting mechanisms, a new simplified immigration bail, and electronic monitoring for some foreign national offenders.</p><p>We regularly review our practices, taking account of external research into alternatives to detention. Following a recent meeting between officials and representatives of the UNHCR and from Canada and Sweden, to discuss best practice, opportunities for further work are being explored with a range of faith and community groups and other non-governmental organisations. The merits and associated costs will be an integral part of this ongoing work.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:22:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

872546

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Domestic Visits: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times he has visited (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department of Exiting the European Union have visited the West Midlands on a number of occasions since the referendum. The Government is committed to positive and productive engagement with businesses and local government in the West Midlands, as well as all parts of the UK, and will continue to work closely with them to understand the potential impact and opportunities presented by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>On the 27 March 2018 the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union met with the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, Andy Street.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 16/04/2018 10:06:05 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

872547

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sentencing guidelines have been put in place to provide for the consideration of the specific needs of transgender people.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	134361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>An HMPPS instruction (PSI 17/2016) advises Pre-sentence report (PSR) writers must consider requesting a full adjournment for the preparation of a PSR where a custodial sentence outcome appears likely, and an offender discloses that they are transgender, on the basis that transgender people may have more complex needs. This guidance is included in the Equal Treatment Bench Book chapter on transgender, published by the Judicial Office. Additionally, a local Transgender Case Board should be convened, either during pre-sentence report preparation or within three working days of reception into custody, to assess and determine the most appropriate location and initial care and management plan for the transgender individual in custody.</p><p> </p><p>Regardless of where a transgender individual is being held, we expect that they will be respected and addressed in the gender with which they identify; and we are committed to ensuring that they are treated fairly, lawfully and decently.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/04/2018 15:23:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

872548

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Unemployment: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in the level of unemployment in (a) Coventry South constituency, (b) Coventry and (c) the West Midlands in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment in Coventry Local Authority District, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, stood at 9,100 in the year to September 2017 - down from 13,700 in the year to September 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The level of unemployment in the West Midlands, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stood at 141,000 in the quarter to January 2018 – down from 160,000 in the same period a year ago, and from 247,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).</p><p> </p><p>This is consistent with the continuing improvements in the wider economy. The UK’s unemployment rate is currently 4.3% and has not been lower since 1975. The employment rate in the UK stands at a joint record high of 75.3% and there are a near record 816,000 vacancies throughout the economy.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), using the Annual Population Survey. The regional data is estimated from the ONS Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The level of unemployment in Coventry South Parliamentary Constituency Area was estimated at 3,300 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes upon which this estimate is based. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison to the year to September 2016 estimate.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/04/2018 10:45:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

872549

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Electricity Generation: Profits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with OFGEM on Distribution Network Operator margins and profits; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	134363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Energy network price controls are a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator and, by law, must be set independently of Government. Government welcomes Ofgem’s recent proposals for the next set of price controls (due to start in 2021) which Ofgem estimates will save customers £5 billion over 5 years. Government expects network companies to act in the best interests of consumers and welcomes the voluntary returns that have been made by some network companies in this price control. Ofgem estimates that these will benefit customers by more than £650 million. We expect the remaining companies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2018 14:36:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

872550

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of looked after children who were reported missing from their placement by (a) placement type, (b) placement provider, (c) distance from placing authority in the last 5 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	134364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children in each of the last three years by their placement type has been published in Table G1 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children by provider and the distance from the placing authority are provided in the attached table. In 2016/17, missing incidents were reported for 10,700 children, some of whom will have multiple missing incidents.</p><p>This information was collected for the first time in 2014-15 and so figures for earlier years are not available.</p><p>These statistics are experimental statistics based on data collected for the first time in 2015 and should be treated with caution as local councils’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and any assessment of trends should take this into account. The information provided does not mean that the number of children going missing is increasing in the volumes indicated in the table.</p><p>Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/04/2018 15:57:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 134364 Table.xlsx title Children looked after who were missing
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

872551

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
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 ensure that colleges advertise in a way which is consistent with his Department;s most recent guidance on the early years workforce, specifically that level 3 learners no longer need GCSE passes in English and Maths in order to work in early years settings.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>As has been previously stated, the department has written to the Association of Colleges to ask them to remind their members of the change in English and mathematics requirements for entry to level 3 early years job roles made in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/04/2018 16:07:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

872552

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for early years providers; what steps he plans to take as a result of those discusions; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	134366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined to support as many families as possible with access to high-quality, affordable childcare. This is why by 2019 - 2020 we will be spending a record £6 billion on childcare support.</p><p>HM Treasury and Department for Education discuss the early years entitlements at both a ministerial and official level regularly and as necessary, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/04/2018 14:40:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

872553

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have (a) been granted permission to move (i) up to 0.5%, or (ii) in excess of 0.5% of Schools Block funding to High Needs Block funding, (b) been denied permission to move Schools Block funding to High Needs Block funding and (c) made a request to move Schools Block funding to High Needs Block funding but no decision has yet been made; and what criteria his Department uses to determine those applications.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>For the funding year 2018 to 2019, the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant is ring-fenced and local authorities can only transfer up to 0.5 per cent of their schools block funding to another block, if they have the approval of their schools forum. Local authorities were only required to submit a request to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State if they wished to transfer more than 0.5 per cent out of the schools block, and/or if they did not receive support from the schools forum.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions have been made on 27 requests, the attached table details the outcome of each request, categorised by the percentage transfer. There are no outstanding requests to transfer funding from the schools block to the high needs block.</p><p> </p><p>Each request was assessed against the factors published in paragraph 122 of the schools revenue funding 2018 to 2019 operational guide available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pre-16-schools-funding-guidance-for-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pre-16-schools-funding-guidance-for-2018-to-2019</a>. Decisions were made based on the evidence provided by the local authority for each element of their disapplication request.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 134450 question first answered 16/04/2018 08:34:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 134367 134450 attachment.docx title 2018_2019_Dedicated_Schools_Grant
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

872554

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Capital funding for schools, published in February 2017, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of returning all school buildings to satisfactory or better condition.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department have invested £5.6 billion since 2015 to maintain and improve school facilities, and rebuild or replace buildings in the worst condition. In addition, the £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing school buildings in the very worst condition across the country. Local authorities, academy trusts and others responsible for school buildings conduct their own assessments of condition so that they can prioritise investment of capital funding to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme, the successor to the Property Data Survey (PDS) programme, which is expected to be completed in autumn 2019. CDC will provide a high-level assessment of the building condition of all state-funded schools and will inform our approach to capital funding. Until then, the PDS remains the most up to date national dataset.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 134369 question first answered 16/04/2018 11:32:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane