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1122954

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to ensure that the poorest countries in the world are able to take part fairly in global trade.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	910519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We believe that the global, rules-based system is the most important protection poorer countries have. We will champion their interests through the WTO, enact a UK trade preferences scheme through the Taxation Cross Border Trade Act and then further improve their access to the UK market after we’ve left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/04/2019 10:33:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1122096

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: English Baccalaureate
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 effect of the English Baccalaureate on access to creative subjects.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	245789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) should be studied as part of a broad and balanced curriculum. It is limited in size in order to allow pupils to continue to study additional subjects that reflect their individual interests and strengths, including arts subjects. The proportion of pupils taking at least one Arts GCSE has fluctuated but remained broadly stable since the EBacc was introduced in 2010</p><p> </p><p>Arts subjects are not limited to the classroom, and according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Taking Part Survey, in 2017-18, 96% of children aged 5-15 had engaged with the arts in the past 12 months[1]. The government is providing almost £500 million of funding between 2016-20 for arts and cultural education programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The arts cover music activities, theatre/drama, reading/writing, arts crafts and design, film, video, media, and radio activities, dance activities, street arts, circus, carnival, and festival activities.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/04/2019 16:05:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1060476

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to promote the Government's trade for development programme.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	909204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains a world leader in trade for development. We are prioritising our trading partners for the future, for example through our commitments on gender, the new Commonwealth Standards Network and our ambition for the UK to be the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/02/2019 15:11:38 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1055028

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the review of exclusions practice led by Edward Timpson CBE will publish its final report.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	217022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>​In March 2018, the Government launched an externally-led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review is exploring how head teachers use exclusion, and why pupils with particular characteristics are more likely to be excluded from school. It is also considering the differences in exclusion rates across primary and secondary schools in England.</p><p>​The review has gathered substantial evidence, including over 900 submissions to the call for evidence. Edward Timpson has also chaired a series of roundtables and the review has met with over 100 organisations and individuals, including schools, local authorities, parents and children. The review will report in this term.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/02/2019 14:40:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1054678

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Autism: Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on private contractors for residential care for patients with a diagnosis of autism in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	216285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/02/2019 12:03:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1050086

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated directly to (a) Keep Britain Tidy and (b) other anti-litter initiatives in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	213350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table sets out the grant funding allocated to Keep Britain Tidy from 2010 to 2015:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£4.75 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£3.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£2.25 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£0.5 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>After 2015, no funding was specifically allocated to Keep Britain Tidy, but it has successfully bid for a number of litter-related contracts:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract value </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>Analysis of Local Environment Quality Survey for England data 2014-15</p></td><td><p>£29,986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>Survey of roadside litter on trunk roads other than motorways</p></td><td><p>£79,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>Economic valuation of the non-market benefits of dealing with specific types of litter that a Deposit Return Scheme in England would help to overcome</p></td><td><p>£41,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Keep Britain Tidy was also awarded the following grant funding towards the delivery of national clear-up days in 2015-18:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (Community Clear-Up Day)</p></td><td><p>£9,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (Clean for the Queen)</p></td><td><p>£9,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (Great British Spring Clean)</p></td><td><p>£10,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2017, we also launched the £450,000 Litter Innovation Fund (jointly funded by Defra and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government), to pilot, implement and evaluate small scale local research projects that could be replicated more widely. The Fund was open to applications from councils, community groups, campaign groups and small/medium-sized enterprises. A total of £122,449 was awarded to 13 projects in the first round, including 4 awards to Keep Britain Tidy, totaling £39,717. Full details of all the first-round awards are available online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/litter-innovation-fund" target="_blank">http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/litter-innovation-fund</a></p><p>Defra has spent the following amounts on the development of the national anti-littering campaign (none of this funding was paid to Keep Britain Tidy).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>Initial scoping and research</p></td><td><p>£15,868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>Development of campaign and partnership strategy and stakeholder research, as well as testing and development of a campaign identify</p></td><td><p>£124,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>Campaign branding, creative assets and launch.</p></td><td><p>£50,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since 2015, Defra has also provided £5,000 per year to the Marine Conservation Society to carry out beach cleaning at priority beaches.</p><p>No funding has been allocated to other anti-litter initiatives.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/01/2019 11:48:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1039069

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support the Government has allocated to Staffordshire County Council in support of caring for unaccompanied (a) adult and (b) children asylum seekers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	207253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The government provides funding to local authorities as a contribution to-wards the costs incurred in supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and young care leavers who were UASC.</p><p>For unaccompanied children arriving from 1 July 2016, local authorities can claim £114 per day for those children aged under 16 and £91 per day for those children aged 16 or 17. The overall value of each claim is dependent on the number of agreed days that children are supported by the local authority. More information on the funding available to local authorities supporting UASC and former UASC care leavers can be found in the funding instructions published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children-uasc-grant-instructions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children-uasc-grant-instructions</a></p><p>The Home Office directly provides adult asylum seekers and their dependants who would otherwise be destitute with free furnished accommodation (rent and utility free) and a weekly cash allowance to cover their other essential living needs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2019 17:10:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1024607

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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	Cultural Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to promote cultural diplomacy.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	908182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my response during Topical questions today in the Chamber.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 908184 question first answered 13/12/2018 13:05:21 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1011553

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Forces Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce whether the Forces Help to Buy scheme will continue beyond December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	194176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>As announced by the former Secretary of State for Defence in October 2016, the Forces Help To Buy scheme is due to close at the end of December 2018. Applications can be submitted up to this date. Work is ongoing to consider how to take this policy principle forward and details will be confirmed later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/11/2018 17:10:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

997400

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	Burma: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report entitled, Stable and Secure? An Assessment on the Current Context of Human Rights for Chin People in Myanmar/Burma, published by the Chin Human Rights Organisation in September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	185069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>​We are aware of this published report. Since August, UK officials have consulted UNHCR in Geneva and in Burma for clarification on the needs assessment process for Chin refugees residing in other countries, and UNHCR's proposed process for ensuring their safe return to Burma. The UK will continue to monitor this process in line with our objective of ensuring the safety of all those displaced by violence in Burma and a safe return process for all groups forced to flee to other countries.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 06/11/2018 11:17:33 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy