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1134046

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Scooters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the increase in use of electric scooters on roads.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	268469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>In the UK, powered transporters, also known as micromobility devices, are treated like any other motor vehicle under the Road Traffic Act. This includes e-scooters, and means they are subject to laws requiring them to be built and used safely, including requirements for users to have insurance, driving licences, number plates, and helmets.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore, illegal to use a powered transporter on a public road without it complying with these legal requirements. At present, it will be difficult for electric scooters to meet these requirements. It is also illegal to use a powered transporter in spaces which are set aside for use by pedestrians, cyclists, and horse-riders. This includes on the pavement and in cycle lanes.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently exploring how new technologies, such as e-scooters, could help the UK benefit from changes in how people, goods and services move around and possible barriers to securing those benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The Future of Mobility Urban Strategy, published on 19 March 2019 includes a Regulatory Review to address the challenges of ensuring our transport infrastructure and regulation are fit for the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 27/06/2019 13:03:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1134195

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out a timetable for a decision on the Crossrail 2 scheme’s future following TfL's submission of a revised Strategic Outline Business Case for Crossrail 2 taking in the recommendations of the Independent Affordability Review.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	268582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The government is considering the recommendations of the Independent Affordability Review of Crossrail 2, and will consider the business case for the project and next steps at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 27/06/2019 14:21:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1134196

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Crossrail 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to review the safeguarding directions for Crossrail 2.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	268583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport’s current position is to not update safeguarding directions for the proposed Crossrail 2 route before Government agrees to a route and the findings of the Crossrail 2 Independent Affordability Review are reflected. The Department keeps the need for safeguarding under constant review to ensure that the proposed route of Crossrail 2 can be protected in a cost-effective manner. The Department will consider the business case for Crossrail 2 and next steps at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 27/06/2019 14:23:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1134200

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Anglia Main Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of passengers on the West Anglia Main Line into London.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	268584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publishes data on the number of rail passenger journeys by train operator and sector. However, passenger journeys at a route or line level are not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Greater Anglia and CrossCountry operate services on the West Anglia Main Line. Data for the total number of passenger journeys made on these operators are provided in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Passenger journeys on Greater Anglia and CrossCountry (millions), 2011-12 to 2018-19</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CrossCountry passenger journeys (millions)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater Anglia passenger journeys (millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>33.0</p></td><td><p>122.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>33.4</p></td><td><p>126.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td><td><p>135.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>35.4</p></td><td><p>143.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>37.2</p></td><td><p>91.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>38.7</p></td><td><p>82.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>40.1</p></td><td><p>81.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td><td><p>84.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: In May 2015, Greater Anglia transferred some of its services to London Overground and TfL Rail. The number of passenger journeys on Greater Anglia services are therefore not directly comparable across years.</p><p> </p><p>Passenger journeys by train operator are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/2b2e2c38-c822-4e1f-9fb4-b049b3c13899" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/2b2e2c38-c822-4e1f-9fb4-b049b3c13899</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/07/2019 12:38:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1134224

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) delays to and (b) cancellations of nuclear power station developments does not affect the Government's ability to meet its 2050 climate change targets.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
	uin	268603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>On 27 June, a new, legally binding target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 came into force. This will require ambitious action across the economy building on our Clean Growth Strategy. Whether it is through our global offshore wind industry, our leadership on green finance, or our unrivalled research base leading the charge on electric vehicles, we are showing the economic benefits of how cutting emissions can help to grow our economy.</p><p> </p><p>In the power sector, this will mean significant expansion in low carbon electricity generation, with important roles for renewables, carbon capture usage and storage, and nuclear power. We are already taking action to deliver this through the offshore wind sector deal, a commitment to bi-annual allocation of Contracts for Difference for renewable electricity generation with the third allocation round launched on 29 May, the nuclear sector deal, our review of the viability of a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) funding model for new nuclear power stations, and the CCUS action plan. The planned Energy White Paper will set out more detail on the policy framework that supports our ambitions.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/07/2019 14:09:29 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1134055

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Home Education: Gloucestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been withdrawn from school to be home educated in Gloucestershire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many of those children (a) before or (b) subsequent to their withdrawal have had an Education, Health and Care Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	268354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Data on numbers of children educated at home or those removed from school for that purpose are not collected by the department. Consultation on proposals for the creation of a mandatory register of children not enrolled at state-funded or registered independent schools closed on 24 June 2019. If the proposals were to be brought into effect, they would make such data available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 268355 268357 question first answered 27/06/2019 16:12:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1134093

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated from the apprenticeship budget to (a) apprenticeship levy paying employers, (b) top up payments to apprenticeship levy paying employers, (c) non-apprenticeship levy paying employers, (d) ongoing costs of apprenticeships already in training prior to 1 April 2017, (e) English and maths qualifications, (f) incentive payments for 16- to 18-year-old apprentices and (g) additional support for apprentices that are care leavers or have special needs in financial year (i) 2017-2018 and (ii) 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	268543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The balance that levy payers see in their apprenticeship service accounts is distinct from the department’s ring-fenced apprenticeships budget. The balance in employers’ accounts is based on their total levy contributions and how many of their employees live in England. The department also tops up these funds by 10% after this English portion has been calculated.</p><p>Levy-paying employers can use the funds in their accounts to place orders for the training and assessment of their apprentices. The department then pays the relevant providers and end-point assessment organisations directly from its ring-fenced apprenticeships budget. An amount equal to the value of this provider payment is also deducted from the levy payer’s account balance.</p><p>The department’s ring-fenced apprenticeship budget is set in advance by Her Majesty’s Treasury to fund apprenticeships in England only. The expenditure on various parts of the apprenticeship programme is calculated based on the cash payments made from this ring-fenced budget.</p><p>It should be noted that aggregated information on spending by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and the department for 2017-18 is held by the ESFA and included here, but information for 2018-19 will be published in the audited annual reports and accounts later this year. Annual data on levy collected in 2018-19 will be published by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p><p>In 2017-18, spending on apprentices employed with levy payers, and who started training after the levy was introduced, was £268 million.</p><p>In making employers’ levy contributions available as funds in their apprenticeship service accounts, the government applies a 10-per-cent top-up to these contributions. However, the balances in these accounts are distinct from the department’s ring-fenced budget for apprenticeships. Where employers are using some or all of this top-up to fund new apprenticeships, this spend is reflected in the answer to (A) above.</p><p>£189 million was spent on training for apprentices who started on or after 1 May 2017 with employers who do not pay the levy. In 2017/18, £1,065 million was spent on ongoing costs of training apprentices who started before the levy was introduced in May 2017.</p><p>Of the £457 million spent on new starts in 2017-18 (£268 million on levy payers and £189 million on non-levy payers), £38 million was spent on English and Maths teaching. £72 million was spent on additional provider payments and employer payments for apprentices aged 16 to 18 and apprentices aged up to 24 years old who have either an education, health and care plan or who have been in local authority care. £27 million was spent on other smaller elements of funding policy, such as learning support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/06/2019 15:40:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1134098

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that businesses understand the value of the new T Level qualifications before their implementation in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	268544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>With longer hours and meaningful industry placements, T levels will provide employers with the future skilled workforce they need to thrive. We have placed employers at the heart of T level development and implementation. We have extended the remit of the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to promote awareness of T levels and industry placements with a wide range of employers – the NAS has worked with and gained the interest of nearly 10,000 employers in 2018/19. The NAS also work with business representative networks and recently held a T levels Twitter panel with myself and the Federation of Small Businesses.</p><p>In addition, T level panel members, responsible for developing T level content, have become strong advocates for T levels. Many of these members are now part of the T level Ambassadors Network - a network of business advocates endorsing T levels on a regional and national basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 02/07/2019 15:31:40 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1134099

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education: East Midlands
	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 promote technical and vocational education and training in the East Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	268545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Since the publication of the Wolf Review in 2011, the department has implemented an extensive programme of reforms to strengthen technical and applied qualifications. This includes taking forward the recommendations from Lord Sainsbury’s panel on technical education (TE), which will create a world-class technical and vocational education system, offering a real choice of high-quality training.</p><p>Our apprenticeships marketing campaign, Fire It Up, aims to change the way people think about apprenticeships, by showing them as an aspirational choice for those with energy and passion and encouraging everyone to consider them. In addition, the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge project is a free service provided through the Department for Education, and works with schools to ensure that teachers have the knowledge, support and resources to enable them to promote apprenticeships to their students.</p><p>Alongside apprenticeships, new T levels will raise the prestige of TE and provide students with a high-quality, technical alternative to A levels. We are working closely with the providers selected to deliver T levels in 2020 (including Derby College) to ensure they are ready for first teaching, and have provided them with marketing materials which can be adapted for local use. A communications campaign will launch later this year to raise awareness of T levels, where they can lead and how they fit in with other post-16 choices.</p><p>We have announced the first 12 Institutes of Technology (IoTs) that will be set up across the country to deliver higher TE and training with a particular focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects. Backed by £170 million of government funding for investing in state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, one of the new IoTs is led by the University of Lincoln in partnership with local further education colleges and employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 02/07/2019 15:26:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1134112

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Home Education: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children (a) are on the home education register and (b) have been removed from school by their parents or guardians in each local authority area in the South West in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	268355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Data on numbers of children educated at home or those removed from school for that purpose are not collected by the department. Consultation on proposals for the creation of a mandatory register of children not enrolled at state-funded or registered independent schools closed on 24 June 2019. If the proposals were to be brought into effect, they would make such data available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 268354 268357 question first answered 27/06/2019 16:12:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew