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1127153

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in further education colleges have been required to take (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSEs because of the requirement that all 16 to 18 year old students who have not yet achieved a grade 4 while at secondary school resit these exams in each of the last six years; and how many of those students achieved a pass at grade 4 or the equivalent required standard.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	255399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>From August 2014, students who left key stage 4 without a GCSE grade 4/C or above (or equivalent) in English and/or maths were required to continue studying these subjects as part of their 16-19 study programme. From the following year, students starting a new study programme with a GCSE grade 3/D (or equivalent) in English and/or maths had to enrol on GCSE courses only. From August 2019, students starting a new or continuing an existing study programme with a GCSE grade 2 (or equivalent) or below can study towards a pass in Functional Skills Level 2 or they can still study towards a GCSE grade 4 to 9. Those with a grade 3 (or equivalent) must still study GCSE only. Providers have the freedom to decide if and when students are ready to re-enter for an examination.</p><p> </p><p>For years up until 2014/15 the Department published statistics on the achievement in English and maths by students who had not achieved GCSE A*-C 2 years previously (i.e. the 2014/15 estimates were based on those at end of key stage 4 in 2012/13). From 2015/16, figures are based on students at the end of their 16-18 study (up to 3 years of study)<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/255399%20QC%20200519.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></a>. This means that figures for 2014/15 and earlier are not directly comparable to those for later years.</p><p> </p><p>The tables attached show the number of students in further education colleges, in England, from 2012/13 to 2017/18 who did not achieve a grade 4/C or equivalent in English or maths at key stage 4 and how many of them went on to achieve a grade 4/C or better (or equivalent).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/255399%20QC%20200519.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years</a>. For 2012/13 to 2014/15, scroll down to the ‘level 1 and 2 attainment’ section and open the link for each year. In the national tables, you require tables 2 and 4. For 2015/16 to 2017/18, open the revised publication at the top of the page for 2016, 2017 or 2018 and then open the ‘English and maths tables’. Institution type breakdowns are available in table 14a and 14b.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/05/2019 16:55:22 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 255399_table.doc title 255399_table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1127167

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of recruitment of a Principal Cyber Security Risk Consultant on the recruitment processes for the (a) Government Chief Security Officer and (b) Chief Data Officer.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	255392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p><strong>The Principal Cyber Security Risk Consultant role</strong> <strong>is focussed on the information and cyber security of the digital services GDS builds, operates and uses. As such there is no direct effect on the recruitment of a Government Chief Security Officer and a Chief Data Officer.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 21/05/2019 16:04:23 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1127166

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Chief Security Officer: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has recruited to the Government Chief Security Officer role.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	255391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Dominic Fortescue was appointed Government Chief Security Officer (GCSO) in December 2018, assuming post in January 2019 following a thorough and competitive recruitment process. As GCSO Mr Fortescue is responsible for leadership, oversight, coordination and delivery of protective security across all government departments, their agencies and arms-length bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/05/2019 15:31:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1127165

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Data Officer position in his Department has been filled; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	255390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>No. There is close co-operation between DCMS, GDS and ONS on data policy and governance, while strategic oversight for the collection and use of data held by government departments is currently provided by the cross-government Data Advisory Board, chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 21/05/2019 16:09:12 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1127087

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what vetting and reliability testing the (a) National Cyber Security Centre and (b) Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre has conducted on telecoms equipment destined for UK 5G infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	255389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre is focused on the security of equipment deployed in current UK networks, none of which are currently making operational use of 5G equipment. Similarly, the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre conducts security assessments of Huawei products deployed in current UK telecoms networks.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/05/2019 16:02:55 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1127126

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants are working on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc plans; and in which government departments those civil servants are based.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	255385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The full time equivalent number of civil servants developing policy on the Oxford to Cambridge Arc is 35. This number including non-departmental public bodies comprises: 20 at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; 9 at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; 3 at Department for Transport; 1 at Cabinet Office; 1 at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and 1 at HM Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2019 15:00:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1127122

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	NHS Trusts: Disclosure of Information
	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 NHS Trusts have appointed Freedom to Speak Up Guardians; and how many of those are (a) board members and (b) members of human resources staff.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	255384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Freedom to Speak Up Guardians have been appointed in all National Health Service trusts in England.</p><p>Appointments to the role are made locally. There is no nationally published data on the number of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in trusts that are board members or members of human resources staff.</p><p>However, further information on the grade and job role of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians can be found in the National Guardian’s 2018 survey of guardians at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20181101_ngo_survey2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20181101_ngo_survey2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2019 13:05:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1127103

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Dementia
	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 the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the Alzheimer’s Society’s report entitled, Dementia Fund, published in May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	255383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper on adult social care at the earliest opportunity, setting out proposals for reform and will bring forward ideas for including an element of risk pooling in the system, which will help to protect people from the highest costs. We are committed to ensuring everyone has access to the care and support they need, based on a principle of shared responsibility.</p><p>One of the important elements of the dementia fund proposal was greater use of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs). PHBs are one way to give people with long-term health conditions and disabilities more choice and control over the money spent on meeting their health and wellbeing needs. We have committed to exploring possible new rights to have PHBs to a further five areas across 2019-20 including dementia.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2019 11:08:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127216

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Drugs: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will support the draft resolution for consideration by the World Health Assembly in May 2019 on improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other health-related technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	255382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a long-established and globally-recognised track record of assessing the price of new, innovative medicines by their clinical benefit and value, rather than by their development costs or international reference prices.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will engage constructively with the talks at the World Health Assembly to achieve the best outcome for people here and globally, including in low and middle income countries. Pricing arrangements are the responsibility of Member States and are highly context specific, but the Department supports information sharing and mutual learning initiatives, where appropriate, in seeking to improve value for money for country procurement budgets.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 255380 255381 question first answered 21/05/2019 16:12:54 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1127215

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	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	Drugs: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the draft resolution for consideration by the World Health Assembly in May 2019 on improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other health-related technologies, if the Government will take steps to help ensure that the recommendation to member states calls for mandatory rather than voluntary measures.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	255381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a long-established and globally-recognised track record of assessing the price of new, innovative medicines by their clinical benefit and value, rather than by their development costs or international reference prices.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will engage constructively with the talks at the World Health Assembly to achieve the best outcome for people here and globally, including in low and middle income countries. Pricing arrangements are the responsibility of Member States and are highly context specific, but the Department supports information sharing and mutual learning initiatives, where appropriate, in seeking to improve value for money for country procurement budgets.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 255380 255382 question first answered 21/05/2019 16:12:54 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden