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576526

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with cancer applied for attendance allowance under the special rules for people with terminal illness in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information on claims awarded under the special rules for people with terminal illness is available from the DWP Tabulation Tool: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 44899 question first answered 08/09/2016 13:37:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576527

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on advertising the attendance allowance scheme in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>2015/16 advertising costs for the Attendance Allowance scheme are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 14:57:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576528

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for attendance allowance under the special rules for people with terminal illness in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information on claims awarded under the special rules for people with terminal illness is available from the DWP Tabulation Tool: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 44900 question first answered 08/09/2016 13:37:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576529

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on administration costs related to attendance allowance in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The total administrative cost of Attendance Allowance for 2015/16 is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 15:02:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576538

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's policy is on making the pension age for Civil Nuclear Constabulary police officers the same as that for police forces under the responsibility of the Home Office.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Government policy is for public sector workers to have a normal pension age equal and linked to the state pension age. Parliament defined ‘members of a police force’ in the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 in such a way as to exclude Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers from the special arrangements that were made for Home Office police forces under that Act. A recent High Court judgement confirmed this interpretation. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will work with the Civil Nuclear Police Authority to put in place the appropriate pension arrangements for Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers, within the parameters set out in the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:41:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576543

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of having the Civil Nuclear Constabulary retirement age at (a) 65 and (b) 68 on (i) the safety of the individual officer and (ii) national security.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Civil Nuclear Constabulary undertook a joint assessment of the effect of having a Civil Nuclear Constabulary retirement age of 65 or higher in 2015. This analysis considered the potential effects of an increase in the Civil Nuclear Constabulary retirement age on both national security and individual officer safety.</p><p> </p><p>Civil Nuclear Constabulary Officers face rigorous testing to determine deployability and officers are firearms trained and tested to College of Policing Standards. Officers who joined the force post- 2011 are already subject to rigorous fitness standards, and following a Chief Constable’s Direction in Autumn 2015, these fitness standards are being extended to the remaining workforce. Capability and not age are the determining factors for deployment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2016 14:45:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573581

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electric Cables: Lake District National Park
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the North West Coast Connections Project if cables through the Lake District National Park are (a) routed underground and (b) not routed underground.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Under the current energy market framework, the development of the transmission network in England and Wales is a matter for National Grid, and this includes assessment of the costs of any particular route or approach on specific projects, such as for the proposed North West Coast Connections. National Grid’s costs are regulated by Ofgem to ensure they are justified and efficient.</p><p>The grant of planning consent for any energy project, including new transmission assets, would be considered by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under the Planning Act 2008, but the proposed project has not reached that stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2016 13:41:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 9675 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573642

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people with refugee status have undertaken study at the level of higher education in the UK in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a longstanding and proud tradition of providing a safe haven to those who have no choice but to leave their home country because of endangerment to their lives or those of their families.</p><p> </p><p>Student support is available to those recognised as refugees (and their spouses, civil partners and children named on the initial application for asylum), provided they have been ordinarily resident in the British Islands since being recognised by the Government as a refugee and are ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course. They are exempt from the three year residence requirement.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seekers who are recognised as refugees after the start of their course may qualify for support for the remainder of their studies as follows:</p><ul><li><p>living cost support in any subsequent years of the course (and in the quarters following the award in the year of the award); and</p></li><li><p>fee assistance in any subsequent years of the course (and in the year of the award if the award is made within three months of the first day of the academic year of the course).</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Information on the total number of students with a refugee status undertaking Higher Education courses in the UK is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information is available from the Student Loans Company (SLC) on applicants with refugee status awarded student finance. Management information from the SLC showing the number of refugee applicants awarded loans in England in each of the last six years can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>English Domiciled applicants with a refugee status awarded student loans </strong></p><p>Academic years 2009/10 to 2014/15 (data effective as at the end of each academic year)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of refugees awarded loans</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: SLC, Management Information</p><p>Note: Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC has received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/09/2016 13:46:57 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 9695 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573643

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to students with refugee status.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is wholly committed to ensuring that refugees who are resettled in the UK receive appropriate support and have a positive experience while they remain in the UK. Children with refugee or humanitarian protection status have access to the education system in the same way as citizen children.</p><p>Many pupils with refugee status will be classed as having English as an additional language (EAL). Current school funding arrangements enable local authorities to allocate a proportion of their funding to schools on the basis of the number of pupils in each school who have EAL, and who have been in the school system for a maximum of three years. Local authorities, in agreement with their schools forum, have the freedom to set the pupil rate for this, based on local circumstances.</p><p>Furthermore, pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last six years attract additional funding to the schools they attend in the form of the Pupil Premium. This is worth £1,320 per annum for each eligible pupil in primary school, and £935 per annum for those in secondary school. Pupils who are looked after by the local authority, including unaccompanied refugee children, and those who have left care through adoption or other specified routes also attract the Pupil Premium Plus, at the higher rate of £1,900 per annum. Schools have flexibility over how they use the funding to improve the educational outcomes of their pupil premium-eligible pupils, and are held to account through the focus in Ofsted inspections and the school performance tables on the progress and attainment of disadvantaged pupils.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/09/2016 16:50:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 9696 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573840

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cumbrian Coast Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit the Cumbrian Coast Rail Line between Carlisle and Whitehaven.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>I regret that due to pressures on my diary I will not be able to visit the Cumbrian Coast Rail Line in the near future. However, I will be writing to the Hon. Member to respond to the concerns he has raised with the Secretary of State about the progression of enhancements to the line to support proposed economic development in his constituency.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/09/2016 10:54:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed