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872545

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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

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

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

872555

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: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to carry out an updated property data survey.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134369
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 134368 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

872558

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Theatre: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of school children in England under the age of 16 who have been to the theatre in the twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	134372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport publishes the Taking Part Survey every year which provides reliable national estimates of engagement with the arts, heritage, museums and libraries.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Taking Part: Annual Child Report (2016/17) survey shows that 27.5% of 5-10 year olds engaged with the theatre and drama activities, while 63.5% of 11-15 year olds engaged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/04/2018 15:19:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

872559

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Crown Courts in England which have a copy of the Magistrates Courts' Sentencing Guidelines available in paper format.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	134373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Magistrates’ Courts Sentencing Guidelines are no longer distributed to Crown Courts in paper format as they are available in digital format. Both Judges of the Crown Court and magistrates have eJudicary accounts which enable them to access the Sentencing Guidelines digitally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/04/2018 08:51:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

872560

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Fire Prevention: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Preston City Council on external cladding on buildings in Fishwick, Town Centre and St Matthews wards in Preston.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	134374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Building Safety Programme has been working with local authorities and building owners across England to identify properties that might have potentially unsafe cladding systems.</p><p>For all of those high-rise buildings that have been confirmed as having Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding that does not meet the limited combustibility requirements set out in current building regulations guidance, the relevant fire and rescue service has been notified.</p><p>We have worked with local authorities, housing associations, fire and rescue services and building owners to ensure that immediate steps are taken to make buildings safe.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/04/2018 15:13:50 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick