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1005828

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the social housing system supports people with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	190549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 176245 on 11 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/11/2018 09:33:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1005853

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on supporting benefit claimants who must pay for the funeral of a family member; and if her Department will introduce an allowance for benefit claimants who must pay for the funeral of a family member to ensure that their benefit claims are not adversely affected.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	190493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment scheme makes a contribution towards the cost of a funeral for people in receipt of certain income related benefits and tax credits. To qualify, the applicant must be accepted as responsible for arranging the funeral, they (or their partner) must receive one of the qualifying benefits and they must be the partner or a close relative or close friend of the deceased.</p><p> </p><p>The amount payable depends on whether there is any other money available, for example from the deceased’s estate. As the Payment is linked to the deceased’s assets, it does not adversely affect the applicant’s savings.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme offers support by meeting the ‘necessary costs’ of a cremation or burial, including acquiring a burial plot. An allowance of up to £700 is also available to meet other funeral costs such as a coffin, religious venue and funeral director fees.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/11/2018 09:55:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1005876

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
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 news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many pupils were taught an instrument in class in each region in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This information is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Office for National Statistics <strong>Region</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of schools <br></strong><strong>working </strong><strong>with Hubs <br>on core roles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Music<br> Education Hubs <br>in each region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils<br> receiving whole <br>class ensemble <br>teaching<br></strong><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br>pupils receiving <br>whole class<br> ensemble<br>teaching<br>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>57,020</p></td><td><p>8.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,391</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>61,979</p></td><td><p>6.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,233</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>114,315</p></td><td><p>8.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>72,032</p></td><td><p>18.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,709</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>98,260</p></td><td><p>9.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,104</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>105,231</p></td><td><p>8.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,005</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>70,190</p></td><td><p>9.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,021</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>65,767</p></td><td><p>7.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>66,447</p></td><td><p>8.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>711,241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.84%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 190475 190476 question first answered 15/11/2018 09:59:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1005877

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
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 news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many of those music hubs are located in each region.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This information is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Office for National Statistics <strong>Region</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of schools <br></strong><strong>working </strong><strong>with Hubs <br>on core roles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Music<br> Education Hubs <br>in each region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils<br> receiving whole <br>class ensemble <br>teaching<br></strong><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br>pupils receiving <br>whole class<br> ensemble<br>teaching<br>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>57,020</p></td><td><p>8.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,391</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>61,979</p></td><td><p>6.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,233</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>114,315</p></td><td><p>8.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>72,032</p></td><td><p>18.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,709</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>98,260</p></td><td><p>9.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,104</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>105,231</p></td><td><p>8.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,005</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>70,190</p></td><td><p>9.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,021</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>65,767</p></td><td><p>7.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>66,447</p></td><td><p>8.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>711,241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.84%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 190474 190476 question first answered 15/11/2018 09:59:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1005879

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
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 news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many schools benefited from such music hubs in each of the region in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This information is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Office for National Statistics <strong>Region</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of schools <br></strong><strong>working </strong><strong>with Hubs <br>on core roles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Music<br> Education Hubs <br>in each region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils<br> receiving whole <br>class ensemble <br>teaching<br></strong><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br>pupils receiving <br>whole class<br> ensemble<br>teaching<br>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>57,020</p></td><td><p>8.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,391</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>61,979</p></td><td><p>6.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,233</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>114,315</p></td><td><p>8.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>72,032</p></td><td><p>18.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,709</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>98,260</p></td><td><p>9.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,104</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>105,231</p></td><td><p>8.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,005</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>70,190</p></td><td><p>9.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,021</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>65,767</p></td><td><p>7.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>66,447</p></td><td><p>8.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>711,241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.84%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 190474 190475 question first answered 15/11/2018 09:59:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1003578

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the average day rate paid by the Government for contracted in staff working on digital projects.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	189792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The Government Digital Service (GDS) does not hold information on the day rates paid by government departments for contracted in workers on digital projects within government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:55:56 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003681

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	189563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Through the Public Contract Regulations 2015, all public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain. Public sector buyers must also publish annually on their payment performance.</p><p> </p><p>Government strongly encourages businesses to report poor payment practice and instances of late payment, including late payment through the supply chain, in public sector contracts to its Mystery Shopper service. Mystery Shopper will then investigate</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:46:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1003785

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	ICT: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph ten of the Government Document entitled Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre: Review by the National Security Adviser, published in December 2013, what recent assessment the Government has made of the shortage of individuals in the UK employment market with the necessary technical expertise and skills to fill all the available posts in the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, GCHQ and the relevant parts of Whitehall.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	189817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in their 2018 Annual Report, the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board noted no causes for concern in the number of staff and their skills.</p><p>GCHQ keeps up to date with the latest technology and trends in cyber security by engaging with industry, academia and nurturing the next generation of cyber security specialists. We will not comment on GCHQ staffing due to reasons of national security.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Security Profession in the Cabinet Office is working closely with the wider public and private sector to shape the Government security profession framework to support HMG staffing levels and manage their cyber skills gaps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/11/2018 10:00:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003866

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Business: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the funding for digital and technology programmes was allocated to large companies in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	189819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding for digital and technology projects is not allocated by supplier or size of company, as all work is put out for tender in accordance with government procurement processes.</p><p><br> Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:48:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1002724

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of spoof emails using the gov.uk suffix in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	188907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to send spoof emails from a @GOV.UK domain address, so none have been sent from an address using the @GOV.UK domain since June 2016. This is due to the technical controls in place that prevent the forging of a GOV.UK email address (Sender Policy Framework and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance).</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for monitoring of fake emails using the GOV.UK suffix is not conducted centrally. Cabinet Office guidance sets out that users receiving fraudulent emails should notify Action Fraud, or in the case of HMRC emails, HMRC's phishing team.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:42:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt