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714092

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date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of apprenticeship starts to be offered by businesses in each region and constituent part of the UK in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to reaching 3 million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020 and will ensure they deliver the skills employers and the economy need for growth.</p><p>Future availability of apprenticeships is dependent on employers recruiting apprentices and offering opportunities. No estimate has been made on the proportion of apprenticeship starts offered by businesses in each region and constituent part of the UK in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>We want to encourage more employers to offer apprenticeships and our reforms give employers the opportunity to do so - employers are designing new apprenticeships that meet their business and skills needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are putting control of the funding for apprenticeships firmly in the hands of employers, so they can invest in quality training. Publication of the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers on 14 March 2017 means that employers have a real choice in the training they select, so that they get the skills they need to grow their business.</p><p> </p><p>The Apprenticeships Levy comes into effect from April 2017, as part of a wider suite of reforms to improve the quality and sustainability of the apprenticeship system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 30/03/2017 16:47:18 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

714231

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average amount of maternity pay received under (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) casual, (d) fixed-term and (e) zero hours employment contracts in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Women wishing to claim Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) do so directly to their employer and are paid SMP as part of their pay. DWP does not deal with these cases, and holds no information on the work patterns of the women wishing to claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 14:36:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

714251

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Jobcentres: Batley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from the closure of Batley Jobcentre; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse incurred by moving the operations of that jobcentre to other centres.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The department has always reviewed its offices to make sure it delivers value for money. However, the anticipated costs and savings for each individual Jobcentre is commercially sensitive information. The overall anticipated savings figure was published as part of the last Spending Review announcement.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 14:39:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

714253

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the average amount of maternity pay received in the (a) agriculture, forestry and fishing, (b) mining and quarrying, (c) electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, (d) manufacturing (e) water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, (f) construction, (g) wholesale and retail trade, (h) repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, (i) transportation and storage, (j) accommodation and food service activities, (k) information and communication, (l) financial and insurance activities, (m) real estate activities, (n) professional scientific and technical activities, (o) administration and support service activities, (p) public administration and defence, (q) education, (r) human health and social work activities (s) arts, entertainment and recreation and (t) other service activities employment sector in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Women wishing to claim Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) do so directly to their employer and are paid SMP as part of their pay. DWP does not deal with these cases, and holds no information on the sector in which the woman works.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/03/2017 14:45:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

714264

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 February 2017, Official Report, column 1218, if he will list those 58 economic sectors.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union, working with officials across Government, continues to undertake a wide range of data analysis covering the entirety of the UK economy. We are looking at over 50 sectors as well as cross-cutting regulatory issues. This will inform the UK's position for the upcoming negotiations with our EU partners. The Government's plan for leaving the EU has been discussed at length, and Parliament will have a say on the final deal we achieve with the European Union by putting that deal to a vote in both Houses before it comes into force. But as Parliament has also agreed, we will not publish anything that would undermine our ability to negotiate the best deal for Britain.<br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 30/03/2017 13:31:30 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

713402

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment Income: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each tax band used the dividend allowance in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	68836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The dividend allowance came into effect in April 2016. Dividend income is reported through self-assessment and HM Revenue and Customs will not receive self-assessment data for 2016-17 until January 2018. This data is therefore not currently available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/03/2017 15:58:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

713405

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changes in the level of Government funding for the Citizens Advice Service in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Kirklees in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides funding to Citizen Advice (CitA), the umbrella body for the Citizen Advice Service in England and Wales through an annual grant to support their core function and to deliver consumer advocacy and advice. Funding over the last three years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>BIS Core Funding</p></td><td><p>Consumer advice, information &amp; advocacy</p></td><td><p>Total Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,974,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,874,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,313,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,213,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£18,940,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£37,840,300</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Central Government does not provide funding directly to local individual Citizen Advice offices, core funding for which is usually provided by the local authority in which they are located.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2017 14:23:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

713593

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Conditions of Employment: Maternity Rights
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying equivalent maternity rights for women in permanent employment to women in casual, fixed-term or zero-hours employment contracts.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	68999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>Entitlement to statutory employment rights, including family related statutory leave and pay, is determined by the individual’s employment status and not the type of contract that they have. This means that many women on casual, fixed-term or zero-hours contracts will already enjoy the same maternity benefits as women in full-time, permanent employment.</p><p>The wide ranging independent review of Modern Employment Practices is looking at the impact of non-standard forms of employment on security, pay and rights</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 13:06:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 42702 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

712892

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Suicide: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the implications for his policies are of the data from the Office for National Statistics on the disproportionately high rate of suicide among women in the culture, media and sport sectors; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	68627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 17 March builds on our knowledge of groups at high risk of suicide and where this may relate to their occupation, which we set out in the Cross-Government National Suicide Prevention Strategy in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the ONS data, Public Health England published suicide prevention and postvention toolkits for employers. <em>Reducing the risk of suicide: a toolkit for employers</em> and <em>Crisis management in the event of a suicide: a postvention toolkit for employers</em> are attached.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials have been working with Public Health England to assess what impact this new data will have on our policies and we will continue to do that as we implement the National Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We published the updated National Suicide Prevention Strategy in January which set out how we will strengthen its delivery in key areas, including better targeting of high risk groups. Within the updated strategy we stated we will be working with industry to share best practice with other sectors such as Network Rail and the construction industry. We will provide further updates on developments through our annual suicide prevention progress reports.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood attachment 1 file name PHE suicide prevention toolkit.pdf title PHE suicide prevention toolkit 2 file name PHE suicide postvention toolkit.pdf title PHE suicide postvention toolkit question first answered 24/03/2017 11:43:03 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

712963

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lumacaftor/ivacaftor
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Vetrex and NHS England on the drug Orkambi's availability to people with cystic fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	68636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and Government officials have had a number of discussions with Vertex and NHS England in which the availability of Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis was raised.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops guidance for the National Health Service on whether new drugs and treatments represent a clinically and cost effective use of resources.</p><p> </p><p>NICE published final guidance on the use of Orkambi (lumacaftor-ivacaftor) for treating cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation in July 2016 that does not recommend this treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Where NICE has not been able to recommend a treatment, funding decisions should be made by the relevant NHS commissioner, based on an assessment of the available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 68637 question first answered 24/03/2017 14:53:07 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin