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1139216

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date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Musicians: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress he has made on ensuring reciprocal mobility agreements between the UK and the EU for people in the music industry that require short-term visas after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	277712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, UK nationals undertaking paid work, including in the music industry, in the EU should check with the Embassy of the countries they plan to travel to for what kind of visa or permit, if any, they will need. The FCO provides advice on their <a href="https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice" target="_blank">country-specific travel pages online</a>. Information about entry requirements for those intending to work or provide a service in an EU Member State is listed on our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/providing-services-to-eea-and-efta-countries-after-eu-exit" target="_blank">advice pages for UK businesses</a> on gov.uk.</p><p>The Political Declaration agreed between the UK and the EU acknowledges the importance of mobility for cultural cooperation. The UK has proposed reciprocal mobility arrangements with the EU that support businesses to provide services and move their talented people. We also want to discuss how to facilitate the temporary mobility of self-employed professionals and employees providing services. The detail of our reciprocal mobility arrangements will be discussed in the next phase of negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/07/2019 09:37:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1139411

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the commitment, in the loneliness strategy to encourage organisations across the transport sector to develop new initiatives to tackle loneliness.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	277713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is actively working with the transport sector to highlight the issue of loneliness and develop solutions.</p><p> </p><p>At the UK Bus Summit in February I announced a partnership with Greener Journeys to encourage bus operators to come together to tackle loneliness. Buses are a vital means of transport for many people and I am pleased to see such a range of initiatives being trialled by bus companies over the course of the year, including Go Ahead Group’s “Chatty Bus” campaign to encourage conversation between passengers. Most recently, in July I marked ‘Catch the Bus’ week, an important event to help raise the profile of all the work that is going on.</p><p> </p><p>My Department has also been working in partnership with the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP), which is raising awareness about how activities such as volunteering on our railways can help to tackle loneliness.</p><p> </p><p>Along with our partners, I spoke about the importance of the transport sector supporting the loneliness agenda with a wide range of stakeholders at the Department’s Transport Communications Network on 31 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy, published on 19<sup>th</sup> March, sets out clear principles to ensure that our future transport system works to overcome problems like loneliness and social exclusion. The Strategy was developed following extensive engagement with external stakeholders across the transport sector and others, and a public call for evidence, and will help frame our future engagement with the industry.</p><p> </p><p>The transport sector has an important role to play in reducing loneliness, alongside government and other sectors, and we will continue to engage with a range of stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 277714 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:19:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1139412

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the commitment in the loneliness strategy to (a) create new partnerships with transport providers and community organisations who are developing ideas and initiatives for how transport can be used as a means to help tackle loneliness, and (b) use industry-wide forums to promote these.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	277714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is actively working with the transport sector to highlight the issue of loneliness and develop solutions.</p><p> </p><p>At the UK Bus Summit in February I announced a partnership with Greener Journeys to encourage bus operators to come together to tackle loneliness. Buses are a vital means of transport for many people and I am pleased to see such a range of initiatives being trialled by bus companies over the course of the year, including Go Ahead Group’s “Chatty Bus” campaign to encourage conversation between passengers. Most recently, in July I marked ‘Catch the Bus’ week, an important event to help raise the profile of all the work that is going on.</p><p> </p><p>My Department has also been working in partnership with the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP), which is raising awareness about how activities such as volunteering on our railways can help to tackle loneliness.</p><p> </p><p>Along with our partners, I spoke about the importance of the transport sector supporting the loneliness agenda with a wide range of stakeholders at the Department’s Transport Communications Network on 31 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Future of Mobility: Urban Strategy, published on 19<sup>th</sup> March, sets out clear principles to ensure that our future transport system works to overcome problems like loneliness and social exclusion. The Strategy was developed following extensive engagement with external stakeholders across the transport sector and others, and a public call for evidence, and will help frame our future engagement with the industry.</p><p> </p><p>The transport sector has an important role to play in reducing loneliness, alongside government and other sectors, and we will continue to engage with a range of stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 277713 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:19:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1139413

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the commitment in the loneliness strategy to increase the numbers of drivers trained to support older and disabled passengers.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	277715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that community transport operators provide vital services that both encourage growth and reduce isolation by linking people with their communities. Most community transport operators provide vital social care services to older or disabled people as well as those most at risk of isolation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has taken steps to protect this sector. In March 2019 we clarified the scope of two exemptions to the EU Regulation on operator licensing in guidance and enacted a new additional exemption; so that community transport operators can continue to take vulnerable people to the shops, work, school, hospital and the doctor.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to fund the Community Transport Association (CTA) to enable the existing Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme (MiDAS) training to be recognised as part of the qualification for professional coach and bus drivers, thereby encouraging an increase in the numbers of drivers trained to support the needs of older, isolated and disabled passengers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/07/2019 16:36:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1139414

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department’s has made on the commitment in the loneliness strategy to explore with seven mobility centres in England how the Government can help to identify signs of loneliness or lack of social connections.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	277716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>In May this year, the Government provided a grant of £250k to enable seven of the thirteen Mobility Centres in England to trial an expansion of their services to disabled people who do not or can no longer drive, and need support to access public transport. This includes Mobility Centre staff identifying and acting on signs of loneliness amongst their clients. The trial will commence by the end of the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Transport has a key role to play in tackling loneliness and the Department is very active in the cross-Government efforts to tackle loneliness and works closely with stakeholders to ensure transport's role is fully aligned to the wider strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Government has engaged closely with the Loneliness Action Group in the development, and now implementation, of its loneliness strategy, and regularly attend the quarterly Loneliness Action Group meetings, to share updates and hear views from the group.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to engage widely in support of the implementation of the Government’s strategy and to ensure our transport network plays its part in this vital area.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/07/2019 15:24:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1137808

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2019 to Question 270365, for what reasons his Department has not signed the UK Steel Charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	275186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>As a customer of this country’s steel sector, Defra is already taking action to level the playing field for UK steel producers when competing for central Government contracts. Our commercial activities comply with current Government policy on steel procurement as set out in Cabinet Office guidance, Procurement Policy Note 11/16.</p><p> </p><p>We can confirm that Defra, like the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is happy to commit to supporting the Charter where it is relevant to our commercial activities and where consistent with the relevant regulations.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2019 16:16:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1136513

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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, with reference to his Department's publication, Apprenticeship and levy statistics: December 2018, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the reduction in Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship starts of 32 per cent between 2015-16 and 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	272828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The underlying principle of an apprenticeship is that it is a job, and employers are able to create the apprenticeship starts that best meet their skills needs. It is for employers to decide which standards will help to meet their skills needs.</p><p>60% of standards are at Levels 2 and 3 and with 470 standards available, there is an offer at every level. Starts at Levels 2 and 3 still make up the vast majority of the programme (almost 82% in the first half of 2018-19).</p><p>Our reforms are supporting a healthier balance across all levels and it is encouraging to see that apprenticeships are helping people to train in skilled occupations at all levels, and progress in their careers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 10/07/2019 13:18:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1136363

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Genomics: 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, whether the National Genomic Healthcare Strategy will include all types of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	272220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of cancer was a key part of the 100,000 Genomes Project and from 2019 the National Health Service will begin to offer WGS as part of clinical care for people with specific types of cancer, for which there is likely to be the greatest patient benefit from using WGS: sarcoma, and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), and children with cancer.</p><p>The Government is committed to making the United Kingdom home of genomic healthcare and the National Genomic Healthcare Strategy, which we plan to launch in autumn 2019, will set out how the genomics community can work together to make the UK the global leader. The strategy will look at how genomic analysis at system-wide level can continue to be optimised for the benefit of UK patients with a range of conditions, including cancer, but it will not seek to focus in each type of cancer individually.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/07/2019 16:20:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135794

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	271384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>We have discussed the procurement of steel with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which has asked all government departments to consider guidance on steel procurement and to notify of any upcoming opportunities for industry.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the government is committed to supporting the steel sector to realise the broader commercial opportunities that are open to it. The Chancellor announced at the last Budget that we are establishing the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – backed by up to £315 million of investment – to help businesses with high energy use (including steel companies) to cut their bills and transition UK industry to a low carbon future. We are also providing up to £66m through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help steel and other foundation industries develop radical new technologies.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 270375 question first answered 03/07/2019 11:02:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135795

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel Charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	271385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on steel, including procurement. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has asked all Government departments to consider guidance on steel procurement and to notify of any upcoming opportunities for industry.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the UK Government is committed to supporting the steel sector to realise the broader commercial opportunities that are open to it, which could be worth an additional £3.8 billion a year by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 09/07/2019 09:25:40 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin