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1082375

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	INTERPOL
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what diplomatic steps he has taken to promote the correct usage and proper functioning of Interpol red notices among his foreign counterparts.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	228770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>INTERPOL is a crucial organisation enabling police to police cooperation between 194 member countries.</p><p>Any misuse of INTERPOL notices is taken very seriously by this government.</p><p><br>The Home Office continues to work with INTERPOL and the National Crime Agency (NCA), which acts as the UK’s National Central Bureau for INTERPOL, on this matter and strongly supports INTERPOL’s efforts to ensure systems are in place that protect individuals’ human rights. Article 3 of INTERPOL's Constitution strictly forbids any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/03/2019 16:21:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1082454

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to seek the restoration of power-sharing devolved government in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	909559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>I am working closely with the main Northern Ireland parties to restore devolved government. I met the five main political parties on 15 February, and again - with the exception of one party - on 1 March. Northern Ireland needs a functioning Executive and Assembly and that is what this Government is determined to achieve.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/03/2019 15:08:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1082455

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve quality and choice in higher education.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	909698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The department has established a new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), and has given it the legislative powers and a clear remit to create the conditions in which the interests of students are consistently prioritised, and in which a diversity of high quality institutions can thrive. The OfS holds providers to account for delivering well-designed courses that offer successful outcomes for all of their students.</p><p>The department is taking a number of steps to enhance the information, advice and guidance available to anyone considering higher education. In particular:</p><ul><li>We have introduced the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework to provide students with reliable information about the quality of teaching and outcomes they can expect from different institutions.</li><li>Through the Higher Education Open Data Competition, we are supporting the development of new, innovative digital tools to help provide information to prospective students on graduate outcomes.</li><li>We are working with the OfS to redesign the higher education course comparison website, Unistats, by autumn 2019.</li></ul> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/03/2019 16:56:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1082530

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nimrod Aircraft: Operating Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the operating cost per unit of Nimrod aircraft in each financial year until their withdrawal from service in 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	229135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/03/2019 16:55:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1082539

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to Credit Unions to improve their governance policies.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	229202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to supporting credit unions, which provide vital services to financially under-served communities and contribute to the diversity of the UK’s financial services sector.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced a two-year pilot of a new prize-linked savings scheme offered through credit unions. This will support the credit union sector through increased membership, awareness and deposits, as well as encouraging participants to build up savings to help them cope with financial shocks. The Chancellor also announced a new £2 million challenge fund to promote innovative solutions from the UK’s Fintech sector to address challenges faced by social and community lenders, including credit unions.</p><p> </p><p>This Government believes improving governance in the sector is best led by the sector itself, and supports ABCUL’s work in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/03/2019 14:19:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1082540

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Santander Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Ministers have met with officials from Santander bank in the last two years; and on what dates those meetings took place.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	229203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, including Santander Bank, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/03/2019 14:32:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1082546

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Biometrics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when travellers from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States will be able to use eGates at UK ports.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	229205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Border Force is on track to launch the expanded ePassport gate eligibility for nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States as well as Singapore and South Korea by summer 2019. This is in line with the Chancellor’s announcement during the autumn budget 2018.</p><p><br>Nationals of these countries will be able to use ePassport gates where they are present at any UK port and juxtaposed location.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 229206 question first answered 11/03/2019 16:35:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1082548

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Biometrics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at which ports will travellers from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States be able to use eGates.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	229206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Border Force is on track to launch the expanded ePassport gate eligibility for nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States as well as Singapore and South Korea by summer 2019. This is in line with the Chancellor’s announcement during the autumn budget 2018.</p><p><br>Nationals of these countries will be able to use ePassport gates where they are present at any UK port and juxtaposed location.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 229205 question first answered 11/03/2019 16:35:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1082553

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment: Education
	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 every young person with vision impairment has access to the same learning materials as their sighted peers.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	229142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>All schools have duties under the Equality Act (2010) towards individual disabled children and young people, including:</p><ul><li>to make reasonable adjustments, including the provision of auxiliary aids and services, to prevent them being put at a substantial disadvantage;</li><li>not to discriminate in relation to their disability; and</li><li>to publish accessibility plans setting out how they plan to increase access for disabled pupils to the curriculum, the physical environment and to information. (Local authorities have parallel duties to publish accessibility strategies.)</li></ul><p>Complementing this, the Children and Families Act (2014) places duties on schools to use their ‘best endeavours’ to make special education provision for those who need it, many of whom will have disabilities.</p><p>Taken together, this amounts to a range of exacting duties on schools in relation to disability.</p><p>To support schools in meeting those duties, in relation to vision impairment and more broadly, we are providing £3.4 million funding over 2018-2020, for the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schools’ workforce contract, which will be delivered by the Whole School SEND consortium, led by the National Association for Special Educational Needs, nasen. Our aim is to embed SEND into school-led approaches to school improvement in order to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND. As part of this programme of work, we are also reviewing the learning outcomes of specialist SEND qualifications, including the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with vision impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2019 14:14:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1082555

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 225566 on Public Works Loan Board, what the purpose was of each loan since 2010; and if his Department will include that information as part of the monthly loans report.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon South
	tabling member printed	Chris Philp
	uin	229210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Information about the purpose of Public Works Loan Board loans is not centrally held. The Public Works Loan Board operates as a non-discretionary lender, and it is not therefore part of its arrangements to require information on the reasons for, or circumstances surrounding, loan applications or borrowing activity.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for local authority spending and borrowing decisions lies with locally-elected council Members, who are democratically accountable to their electorates. Local authorities are required to have regard to the Prudential Code and statutory guidance when they borrow from the PWLB or from any other lender, these are published by The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and form the Prudential Framework. The main objective of the Prudential Framework is to ensure that the capital investment plans of local authorities are affordable, prudent and sustainable.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/03/2019 16:51:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp