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782161

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stress
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what number of police officers left the police force due to workforce stress in each the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	110838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on officers who have left the force are published as part of the police workforce statistics, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The College of Policing supports chief constables by advising forces on matters of health, safety and welfare and by supporting them in a range of measures to help reduce sickness and stress.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:24:54 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

782221

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Postal Workers: Labour Turnover
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 has taken to assist in the retention of postal workers.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	110872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Staffing levels of postal operators is a matter for the individual businesses concerned.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/11/2017 14:22:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777765

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase apprenticeship enrolment among people from lower-income backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	109701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure that high quality apprenticeships are as accessible as possible to all people from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships already disproportionately benefit people from lower socio-economic backgrounds with apprentices more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds - compared to the population as a whole, 25 per cent of apprentices live in the most disadvantaged fifth of areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our apprenticeship funding policy supports individuals from disadvantaged areas by providing a cash payment to training providers when they train apprentices living in the top 27% of deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109597 question first answered 01/11/2017 20:39:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777778

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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, what estimate she has made of the number of apprenticeships at companies benefiting from the apprenticeship levy by (a) household income, (b) region and (c) age.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	109594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on numbers of apprenticeship starts by age, region, local authority and constituency is available through the Further Education Data library tables: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>. We do not hold data on the number of starts by household income.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of levy paying employers that are registered on the apprenticeship service, and can therefore access and benefit from levy funds, is available (as reported to the end of August 2017) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017</a>. These statistics are published on a monthly basis. We do not hold this data for non-levy paying employers as their apprenticeship training is funded via contracts with training providers.</p><p> </p><p>Recent data show that over 90 per cent of apprentices currently go into work or further training at the end of their apprenticeship, the majority of these with the same employer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109596 109598 question first answered 03/11/2017 10:20:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777782

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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, what estimate her Department has made of the number of employers that benefit from the apprenticeship levy; and how many apprentices have remained at their place of employment after their apprenticeship has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	109596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on numbers of apprenticeship starts by age, region, local authority and constituency is available through the Further Education Data library tables: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>. We do not hold data on the number of starts by household income.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of levy paying employers that are registered on the apprenticeship service, and can therefore access and benefit from levy funds, is available (as reported to the end of August 2017) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017</a>. These statistics are published on a monthly basis. We do not hold this data for non-levy paying employers as their apprenticeship training is funded via contracts with training providers.</p><p> </p><p>Recent data show that over 90 per cent of apprentices currently go into work or further training at the end of their apprenticeship, the majority of these with the same employer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109594 109598 question first answered 03/11/2017 10:20:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777783

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the apprenticeship levy increases social mobility.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	109597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure that high quality apprenticeships are as accessible as possible to all people from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships already disproportionately benefit people from lower socio-economic backgrounds with apprentices more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds - compared to the population as a whole, 25 per cent of apprentices live in the most disadvantaged fifth of areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our apprenticeship funding policy supports individuals from disadvantaged areas by providing a cash payment to training providers when they train apprentices living in the top 27% of deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109701 question first answered 01/11/2017 20:39:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777784

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of apprentices who have secured apprenticeships at a company benefiting from the apprenticeship levy in (a) Leigh, (b) Wigan and (c) Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	109598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on numbers of apprenticeship starts by age, region, local authority and constituency is available through the Further Education Data library tables: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>. We do not hold data on the number of starts by household income.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of levy paying employers that are registered on the apprenticeship service, and can therefore access and benefit from levy funds, is available (as reported to the end of August 2017) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017</a>. These statistics are published on a monthly basis. We do not hold this data for non-levy paying employers as their apprenticeship training is funded via contracts with training providers.</p><p> </p><p>Recent data show that over 90 per cent of apprentices currently go into work or further training at the end of their apprenticeship, the majority of these with the same employer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109594 109596 question first answered 03/11/2017 10:20:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777907

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108497, if his Department will undertake a study into journey times between Leigh and local High Speed 2 stations; and how such times can be reduced.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	109697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, are best placed to develop schemes to improve local connectivity. To that end, the government has provided Greater Manchester with £2,500,000 to develop their HS2 Growth Strategies, which will look at the transport requirements for making the most of HS2. The government will continue to work with Greater Manchester to help deliver these plans.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 16:40:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

774082

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 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 publish the criteria for the allocation of funding on infrastructure for Northern and Midland High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	108675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review reconfirmed the Government’s commitment to the programme providing a long-term funding envelope of £55.7bn in 2015 prices. Of this £28.55bn was allocated to Phase Two. This allocation includes funding for infrastructure for the Northern and Midlands sections of High Speed 2. The funding has been allocated in order to deliver the benefits, including those for the North and Midlands, as set out in the Strategic, Economic and Financial cases for Phase Two, most recently published in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-to-crewe-bill" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-to-crewe-bill</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 27/10/2017 11:13:46 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

773300

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to allocate Northern and Midland High Speed 2 infrastructure funding to connect Leigh with High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	108482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leigh’s closest HS2 station, Wigan North Western, will be served by HS2 trains following completion of HS2 Phase One in 2026, and by 2033 will be served by HS2 trains from London, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the costs of a direct rail line or rail journey times between Leigh and HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester Combined Authority with £2.5m to develop HS2 Growth Strategies, which include plans for improving connectivity across Greater Manchester to the planned HS2 stations. Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £300m to future-proof HS2 to support Transport for the North’s ambition for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between the North’s largest cities. Transport for the North are currently developing the business case for NPR, which includes investigating serving other significant economic centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 108495 108496 108497 question first answered 25/10/2017 14:19:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt