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1288271

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date	22/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support nurseries in Bolton to reduce transmission of covid-19; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising nursery staff in the covid-19 vaccination rollout.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	156321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>We are grateful to early years staff as they continue to provide support to children and families during the period of national lockdown.</p><p>The department continues to work closely with other government departments throughout its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care, as well as stakeholders across the sector, to ensure that our policy is based on the latest scientific and medical advice, to continue to develop comprehensive guidance based on the PHE-endorsed ‘system of controls’, and to understand the impact and effectiveness of these measures on staff, children and parents.</p><p>As new evidence or data emerges, the department updates its advice accordingly to ensure that all our settings have the right safety measures in place. The latest guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-early-years-and-childcare-closures</a>.</p><p>The ‘system of controls’ measures outlined in our guidance create an environment for children and staff where the risk of transmission of infection is substantially reduced. Settings therefore need to continue to implement these controls to the fullest extent possible, including the new advice that face coverings are recommended in early years settings for staff and adult visitors in situations where social distancing between adults is not possible, for example, when moving around in corridors and communal areas.</p><p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent experts who advise the government on which vaccine/s the UK should use and provide advice on who should be offered them. The JCVI will provide advice on the next phase of the vaccine rollout. The government is committed to offering every adult a dose of the vaccine by 31 July 2021.</p><p>We continue to work with the early years sector to understand how they can best be supported to ensure that sufficient safe, appropriate and affordable childcare is available for those who need it now, and for all families who need it in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 25/02/2021 15:13:44 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1286855

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Myanmar: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compliance by Frontiir Co. Ltd with demands from the Government of Myanmar to block independent media in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	154583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>Frontiir has helped connect over one million people in Myanmar to the internet at affordable prices, thereby increasing access to information, boosting businesses, supporting education and tackling poverty. Frontiir has at all times adhered to international best practice.</p><p>Following the military coup on February 1st, Frontiir, along with all other telco operators and internet service providers, received regulatory orders to shut down the internet for brief periods and also block certain social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook. We have strongly condemned this move. Nevertheless, Frontiir is bound by national law under its licencing agreement and is unable to go against an official government directive. Frontiir has been open and transparent about these orders, acting in accordance with the Global Network initiative agreement, including posting a statement on their website. This is in line with the approach taken by other responsible internet platforms in Myanmar. Frontiir is an observer member of the Global Network Initiative and we remain in close communication with them on the current situation. CDC is reviewing the impact of the 1st February Myanmar coup on its investments in the country.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/02/2021 16:22:13 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1286549

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to allocate funding additional to existing funding arrangements, known as the minimum growth award, to colleges that are facing increased pressure on their bursary budgets as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	153171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Each year, we revisit the method used for awarding growth and the thresholds at which individual institutions become eligible for a growth award, with the key considerations being the levels of growth in the sector and affordability.</p><p>In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we have amended the method for calculating growth awards for this year. This allows for more colleges that have seen an increase in student numbers for the 2020/21 academic year to receive extra funding to help them with the cost of supporting these additional students.</p><p>As well as providing additional programme funding, an increased student number allocation resulting from this process may also result in increased 16-19 bursary funds and further education free meals allocations to institutions. In addition, we are releasing additional bursary funding outside the main growth process where analysis of the data suggested that an increased student number could put an institution’s bursary allocation under considerable pressure.</p><p>We are contacting the institutions eligible for additional extra funding directly.</p><p>We continue to keep the Bursary Fund situation under review, including gathering evidence, with a view to considering what more we can do to support students and providers through this difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/02/2021 15:03:57 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1285729

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Development Aid
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 Official Development Assistance his Department was allocated in the financial years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21; and what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Official Development Assistance his Department will be allocated for the financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	152449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/02/2021 22:48:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 83925 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1285730

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
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: Development Aid
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 Official Development Assistance his Department was allocated in the financial years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21; and what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Official Development Assistance his Department will be allocated for the financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	152450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury has published departmental allocations of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 2019-20, here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aid-tackling-global-challenges-in-the-national-interest/official-development-assistance-oda-allocation-by-department" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aid-tackling-global-challenges-in-the-national-interest/official-development-assistance-oda-allocation-by-department</a>. This table confirms Defra’s ODA allocation for financial year 2019/20 was £81m.</p><p> </p><p>Outturn information of 2019 calendar year ODA spend are available in the Statistics of International Development publication: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fstatistics-on-international-development&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpaul.wallis%40defra.gov.uk%7Ce1ef3134fb5945d49e3008d8cf43e7b8%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637487238088289839%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2SWiH6dd%2BzpUa%2FgfrxyYRE9xbyur%2FH7L3IwnP6n9bLE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to publishing departmental allocations of ODA for 2020/21 in due course. Outturn information of 2020 calendar year ODA spend will be published later this year, as normal, in the Statistics of International Development publication: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fstatistics-on-international-development&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpaul.wallis%40defra.gov.uk%7Ce1ef3134fb5945d49e3008d8cf43e7b8%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637487238088289839%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2SWiH6dd%2BzpUa%2FgfrxyYRE9xbyur%2FH7L3IwnP6n9bLE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-international-development</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Foreign Secretary recently published departmental ODA allocations for 2021-22, including HM Treasury’s allocation, in a Written Ministerial Statement available online here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2021-01-26%2Fhcws735&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpaul.wallis%40defra.gov.uk%7Ce1ef3134fb5945d49e3008d8cf43e7b8%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637487238088299836%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=C%2FFncIQ7VuMmo5iG7n0VFbqOO%2Bd3xVFzZL78KLw2wLs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-01-26/hcws735</a>. This statement confirms Defra’s £92m ODA allocation for financial year 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/02/2021 15:18:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1285731

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Official Development Assistance his Department was allocated in the financial years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21; and what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Official Development Assistance his Department will be allocated for the financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	152451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s estimates of spending on Official Development Assistance (ODA) primarily relate to the provision of education to child and unaccompanied child asylum seekers in the 12 months after they make an asylum claim in the UK. The Department does not have a separate funding stream for educating asylum seeker children and is not allocated an ODA budget. Instead, to calculate ODA spending we estimate how much of the wider core schools funding for England is allocated due to having these children on schools’ rolls.</p><p>The Department’s estimated spending on ODA in each calendar year from 2015 to 2019 is given below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department for Education spend classified as ODA (£ million)</strong></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The level of spending in future years will be dependent on the number of asylum seeker children that arrive in the country.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/02/2021 15:41:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1285732

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Official Development Assistance her Department was allocated in the financial years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21; and what estimate her Department has made of the amount of Official Development Assistance her Department will be allocated for the financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	152452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Official Development Assistance allocations are included in the settlement letter that the department receives from Her Majesties Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>The annual amount allocated to the department was £4 million in 2019/20; £6.1 million in 2020/21 and; £6.1million for 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/02/2021 15:54:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1285733

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Official Development Assistance his Department was allocated in the financial years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21; and what estimate his Department has made of the amount of Official Development Assistance his Department will be allocated for the financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	152453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence was allocated £5.5 million in Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding for financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21. Given the Department receives a ring-fenced budget for ODA expenditure, it is expected the allocation for 2021-22 will be similar to the previous two financial years.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/02/2021 10:52:04 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1283190

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Frontiir: CDC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in light of the Government's commitment on 2 February 2021 to review all indirect support to the Myanmar government, what recent assessment he has made to the status of funds allocated by CDC to Frontiir Co. Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	147807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>CDC Group's (CDC) investment in Frontiir has previously helped connect over one million people in Myanmar to the internet at affordable prices, thereby increasing access to information, boosting businesses, supporting education and tackling poverty. CDC carries out due diligence on every investment it makes, including Frontiir. Frontiir has at all times adhered to international best practice and the company has become an observer of the Global Network Initiative at CDC's request.</p><p>Following the Myanmar military coup on 1 February, the UK Government is reviewing all programmes in country and will work to ensure no funds reach the military. CDC has enhanced the private sector due diligence regime to effectively mitigate the risk of UK funds going to government institutions. In addition, FCDO has written to partners asking them to review supply chains, to check UK money is not being used to purchase goods and services from military owned companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/02/2021 11:42:23 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1281639

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what targeted support he is providing to potential victims of female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	144986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government has led international efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM), including through a partnership with the Africa-led movement to end FGM. Since 2013, UK aid has helped over 10,000 communities, representing over 27 million people, pledge to abandon the practice; and over 4 million girls and women have received health, social and legal services related to FGM.</p><p>At the grassroots level, UK aid has supported activists, communities and experts across Africa, in their efforts to end FGM within their local context. We have also funded the United Nations to get laws and policies in place banning FGM in high prevalence countries. Through WHO, we have supported doctors, midwives and nurses to help care for survivors.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/02/2021 14:44:57 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi