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1020027

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people have taken part in the staying put programme in each year since the programme was launched (a) in total and (b) by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	198718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The latest national information on the number of children who ceased to be looked-after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday who were eligible for care leaver support and were still living with their former foster carer (‘staying put’) at age 19 and 20 are published in table F2 of the statistical publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>The department has published similar experimental national statistics on those children who still live with their former foster carer at age 18 in table F4 of the same release.</p><p>These figures are also disaggregated at local authority level for 2018 in the underlying data tables that accompany this statistical release. Data at local authority level for earlier reporting years is available in the underlying data tables in previous publications for 2017 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>The figures for 2016 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The figures for 2015 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p>The figures for 2014 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p><p>Information on the average length of time young people took part in the staying put programme is not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 198719 question first answered 10/12/2018 11:43:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1020028

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of time young people took part in the staying put programme was in each year since that programme was launched.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	198719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The latest national information on the number of children who ceased to be looked-after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday who were eligible for care leaver support and were still living with their former foster carer (‘staying put’) at age 19 and 20 are published in table F2 of the statistical publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>The department has published similar experimental national statistics on those children who still live with their former foster carer at age 18 in table F4 of the same release.</p><p>These figures are also disaggregated at local authority level for 2018 in the underlying data tables that accompany this statistical release. Data at local authority level for earlier reporting years is available in the underlying data tables in previous publications for 2017 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>The figures for 2016 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The figures for 2015 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p>The figures for 2014 are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p><p>Information on the average length of time young people took part in the staying put programme is not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 198718 question first answered 10/12/2018 11:43:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1020029

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Spirits: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced rate of duty for spirits produced by smaller distillers and producers.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	198720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Under EU law a reduced rate of spirit duty can be applied to producers who make less than 1,000 litres of product a year.</p><p> </p><p>The government is not minded to introduce such a relief as there is no compelling case to do so at this time given the risk of illicit production and excise duty fraud.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/12/2018 15:32:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1020031

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many licensed stills have (a) been established and (b) ceased trading in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	198721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC licenses the businesses who use stills for distillation rather than the stills themselves. The number of licences issued in each year was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC has no information on the number of licensed businesses that have ceased trading.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/12/2018 15:40:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1020104

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been spent on the staying put programme in each year since that programme was launched (a) in total and (b) by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	198939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The total amount of funding provided to local authorities to implement Staying Put since its introduction in 2014, and the amount committed for the period of 2019 to 2020, are set out in the table below.</p><p>Decisions on funding beyond March 2020 will be subject to the outcome of the next Spending Review.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014 to 2015</p></td><td><p>£7.4 millon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 to 2016</p></td><td><p>£14.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 to 2017</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 to 2018</p></td><td><p>£22.85 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 to 2019</p></td><td><p>£23.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 to 2020</p></td><td><p>£23.77 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£114.32 million</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the share of the total funding allocated to each local authority is contained in the annual Grant Determination letters, which are published on GOV.UK. Copies of the letters for the period of 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019 are available at the following hyperlinks:</p><p>2016 to 2017: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/625577/staying_put_grant_letter_2016-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/625577/staying_put_grant_letter_2016-2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2017 to 2018: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624325/Staying_Put_Grant_letter_2017-18__1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624325/Staying_Put_Grant_letter_2017-18__1_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2018 to 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704816/Staying_Put_grant_letter_to_LAs_2018-19__.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704816/Staying_Put_grant_letter_to_LAs_2018-19__.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of the Grant Determination letters for the period of 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016 are attached in Annex A and Annex B, respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name Annex_A_table_for_198939.doc title Annex_A_table_for_198939 2 file name Annex_B_table_for_198939.doc title Annex_B_table_for_198939 question first answered 10/12/2018 10:11:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1019474

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China and Tibet: Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK journalists have been (a) denied access to and (b) expelled from (i) Tibet and (ii) China in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	198146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold statistics of the number of UK journalists who have been denied access to, or expelled from, Tibet and China in the last five years.</p><p>Access to Tibet by all foreign passport holders is heavily restricted by the Chinese authorities. This includes journalists. We continue to urge the Chinese authorities to lift the visit restrictions imposed on foreigners. The Government regards the Tibet Autonomous Region as part of the People’s Republic of China, and we consistently urge China to respect all fundamental rights, including in Tibet, in line with both its own constitution and the international frameworks to which it is a party.</p><p>Access to other parts of the People’s Republic of China is more freely given to UK journalists, but under certain restrictions. All UK nationals wishing to visit to travel and work in China should pay close attention to the FCO Travel Advice which is regularly updated.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 06/12/2018 13:28:00 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1019475

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to update the statutory guidance Safeguarding Disabled Children.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	198147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>We do not have any immediate plans to update the ‘Safeguarding disabled children’ (2009) guidance, although we will keep this under review.</p><p>The current core statutory requirements for the safeguarding of all children, including disabled children, are set out in ‘Working together to safeguard children’ (2018): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a>. Social workers may still find the 2009 guidance useful in guiding their practice when working with disabled children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/12/2018 14:31:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1010571

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to borrowers seeking to access lower mortgage rates in the event that their proposed new lender or current lender is not signed up to the Government's voluntary agreement with UK Finance, the Building Socieities Association and the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	193356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>67 lenders representing 95% of the UK’s residential mortgage market have signed up to the industry voluntary agreement to help mortgage prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in my response to your PQ tabled 5<sup>th</sup> November 2018 officials in the Treasury continue to work closely with the FCA and industry to explore what more can be done. This will include where lenders are not signed up to the industry’s voluntary agreement.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/11/2018 13:00:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1001947

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Mortgage Credit Directive on access to lower mortgage rates.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	187982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), which came into force in March 2016, prevents lenders waiving the affordability requirements when a borrower moves to a new lender. As a result some borrowers may find it harder to switch to a new lender to access lower rates.</p><p> </p><p>While we must comply with the MCD, the Financial Conduct Authority have put in place exemptions which allow lenders to waive affordability requirements for customers that are remortgaging with their existing lender but not increasing the size of their debt. In addition in July 2018, UK Finance, the Building Socieities Association, and the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association, announced a cross industry voluntary agreement. Under this agreement lenders undertook to write by the end of 2018 to any borrowers on the reversion rate who are up to date with payments, and have a minimum of 2 years and £10,000 left on their mortgage, to let them know they can access lower mortgage rates with their existing lender. Officials in the Treasury continue to work closely with the FCA and industry to explore what more can be done<strong>. </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/11/2018 17:49:19 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

997402

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Network Rail staff have left employment with a discretionary payment in each of the last three years; and how much each payment was.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	184833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail does not make discretionary payments to leavers. Network Rail does, on occasion, make ‘special severance payments’. These are outside of the usual severance arrangements as part of settlement agreements. All ‘special severance payments’ are approved by HMT and information about these are published on the transparency section of Network Rail’s website, available at: <a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/transparency/datasets/" target="_blank">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/transparency/datasets/</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/11/2018 16:34:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton