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1131847

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date	12/06/2019
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	Access to Work Programme: Voluntary Work
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 potential merits of extending Access to Work to people working on a voluntary basis.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	263749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Access to Work supports people who have a health condition or a disability to move into and sustain paid employment. The current scheme does not support unpaid or voluntary work.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise the importance of voluntary work and the benefits this can provide in securing paid employment. Access to Work does assist people who have a health condition or a disability to take up voluntary pre-employment opportunities, such as Work Experience and Work Trials, which may lead to paid employment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/06/2019 13:32:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1131848

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Estate Agents: Licensing and Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce (a) a registration and (b) a licensing scheme for estate agents; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	263682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>We have commissioned the Regulation of Property Agents working group, chaired by Lord Best, to consider and advise Government on a new regulatory approach to letting, managing and estate agents. The group is due to report in July 2019 and Government awaits their recommendations before determining next steps.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/06/2019 14:43:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1131849

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS waiting times for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	263683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out plans to improve early cancer diagnosis, and a new ambition that, by 2028, the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages one and two will rise from around half to three-quarters of cancer patients. This will be achieved through raising greater awareness of symptoms of cancer, accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment, maximising the number of cancers that are identified through screening, and harnessing new innovations in technology. A radical overhaul of the way diagnostic services are delivered will ensure that people can get their diagnosis more quickly, including the roll-out of new Rapid Diagnostic Centres across the country to upgrade and bring together the latest diagnostic equipment and expertise.</p><p> </p><p>The independent cancer taskforce recommended the introduction of a new faster diagnosis standard to ensure that people receive a life changing confirmation of whether or not they have cancer within 28 days. This proposed new standard is being considered as part of the clinical review of National Health Service access standards currently being undertaken by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 19/06/2019 14:26:47 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1131850

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent London School of Economics report which has found that children with special educational needs and disabilities who attend nurseries based in primary schools are significantly less likely than their peers to be admitted into the school’s reception class.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	263684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The government’s ambition for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is the same for every other child: to make the most of early education, thrive in school and to live happy fulfilled lives.</p><p> </p><p>The London School of Economics report focusses on data related to the behaviour of schools and a cohort of children born into the 2006/07 academic year. This report does not consider parental choice in that some children may have gone onto a special school rather than the primary school they attended as their preschool choice.</p><p> </p><p>Where a child’s education health care (EHC) plan names a school, the child must be admitted to that school. Where a child does not have an EHC plan, places will be allocated in accordance with the school's published admission arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, all mainstream state-funded schools must comply with the school admissions code and wider admissions law, as well as with equalities law. The code is clear that admission authorities must ensure their arrangements will not disadvantage unfairly, directly or indirectly a child with SEND.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/06/2019 11:14:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1131851

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Employment: Disability
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 the Minister for Women and Equalities on compulsory disability awareness training for all employers and employees.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	263750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and Officials talk regularly with OGD colleagues and disability and employment is part of those discussions. BEIS Ministers sit on the Inter-Ministerial Group on Disability which is chaired by the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/06/2019 16:25:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1131852

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Adam Smith International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department paid to Adam Smith International in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	263907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the value of spend with Adam Smith International in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Procurement spend </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£94,581,779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£65,569,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£10,546,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£170,698,308</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/06/2019 15:52:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1131853

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Adam Smith International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many new contracts his Department awarded to Adam Smith International in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and what the value was of each of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	263908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>DFID did not award Adam Smith International (ASI) any contracts between 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p><p>During 2019, they were awarded one separate contract, Acorn (Nigeria) at the contractual value of £4.5m.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/06/2019 15:53:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1131854

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Adam Smith International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria for future funding eligibility were set by his Department and Adam Smith International at the time that organisation withdrew from his Department's funding opportunities in February 2017; and whether those criteria were met by February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	263909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>At the time of Adam Smith international's (ASI’s) voluntary withdrawal from DFID procurements in January 2017, our position made it clear that ASI, along with all other suppliers, will only be eligible to bid on future funding if they were able to demonstrate their ability to adhere to the high standards of integrity expected from government contractors, whilst delivering the best results for the world’s poorest and value for money for UK taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>As of February 2018, following more than a year of voluntary withdrawal from procurement, ASI resumed bidding for work with HMG. DFID is legally obliged to consider all bids from ASI in full compliance with the Procurement Regulations, and we do so in accordance with the fair and transparent tender requirements that were advertised, as is the case with any bidder.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/06/2019 15:55:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1131855

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Adam Smith International and Oxfam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) Oxfam International and (b) Adam Smith International are eligible to bid for contracts under his Department’s International Multi-Disciplinary (IMDP) Framework Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	263910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, Oxfam and Adam Smith International (ASI) both successfully bid for the International Multi-Disciplinary (IMDP) Framework Agreement and were awarded a place on the framework agreement. There were 79 successful suppliers in total across 20 thematic spend categories.</p><p> </p><p>Both ASI and Oxfam are eligible to bid for contracts under the IMDP framework.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/06/2019 15:58:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1131856

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Legislation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2019 to Question 256393 on Legislation: Electronic Government, what his timescale is for bringing that resource up to date.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	263911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Close to 99% of primary legislation is now up to date and The National Archives have plans in place to prioritise the remainder for completion by the end of the current financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The National Archives is the official archive and publisher for the UK government. Publishing all UK legislation is a core part of the remit of the Keeper of Public Records in his capacity as The Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament, Government Printer of Northern Ireland and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/06/2019 14:41:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi