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1145687

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were placed (a) with foster carers and (b) in residential homes out of county in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	290711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of looked-after children placed in foster placements and residential homes outside their local authority boundary since 2009 is shown in the attached table.</p><p>The latest national figures on looked-after children by placement location are published in Table A4 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018’ at <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> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/10/2019 13:01:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 290711_table_showing_looked_after_children_by_placement_location_from_2009_to_2018.xls title 290711_table
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1145696

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Business: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of data flow contractual clauses which will need to be arranged by businesses in the UK with business in the EU in the event of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	290718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/10/2019 16:32:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145730

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the additional funding for the Crown Prosecution Service announced in August 2019, what criteria he will use to decide how to distribute that funding across that Service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The CPS will face additional demand, following the Government’s investment in 20,000 additional police officers, and the process changes required to improve performance on statutory disclosure obligations. As always the CPS will distribute funding to ensure it has the right levels of resource with the right skills and in the right geographical locations to handle future caseload volumes.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:54:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1145751

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HS2 Ltd staff have received redundancy payments in each of the last six months; and what the amount of each of those payments was.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	290551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Over the last six months (March 2019- August 2019) four members of staff received redundancy payments totalling £10,237.50. Given the small number of cases, HS2 Ltd cannot provide a breakdown as this would identify the individuals.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/09/2019 16:02:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1145754

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the final package of support was that Thomas Cook UK requested from the Government prior to its collapse.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	290755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Thomas Cook Group wrote to the government to request support for its recapitalisation of the business on 18 September, in advance of its board meeting on 22 September 2019. This was a high level request, with numerous outstanding issues still to be resolved, and depended on agreement of multiple stakeholders of the company.</p><p> </p><p>Following a review of this request, the government considered that it would not be financially responsible or deliver value for the taxpayer to accede to that request in the circumstances. Thomas Cook’s financial problems were substantial, long-standing and well documented and government financial assistance would not have resolved them. If the government had given the company up to £250m, there would have been no guarantee that the company would not go into insolvency in the future and the government would still have needed to fund a repatriation.</p><p> </p><p>Aviation is an open and competitive marketplace which offers consumers significant choice and value in terms of the destinations on offer and the fares that they pay. Sadly, this will on occasion mean that the operators, such as Thomas Cook, will be forced to withdraw from the market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/09/2019 16:29:18 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1145755

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Visas: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the merits of visa-free travel between the UK and the EU for short work visits after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	290756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>In a deal scenario, UK nationals and EU citizens will be able to travel to each others’ countries as now for the duration of an implementation period. We have said that we want to see visa-free arrangements for short term business visits as part of the future relationship, and will discuss how to facilitate the temporary mobility of self-employed professionals and employees providing services. The detail of this will be discussed in the next phase of negotiations.</p><p>The EU has confirmed that it will grant UK nationals visa-free travel to the EU for short stays after exit, even in a no deal scenario. This includes travel for purposes such as attending business meetings. Member States may require a visa if UK nationals intend to work and so UK nationals planning to undertake paid work in the EU should check with the Embassy of the countries they plan to travel to for what kind of visa or permit, if any, they will need. Further information can also be found on the FCO’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice" target="_blank">country-specific travel pages </a>and on our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/providing-services-to-eea-and-efta-countries-after-eu-exit" target="_blank">advice pages for UK businesses</a> on gov.uk.</p><p>On 5 September 2019, to provide certainty to businesses, HMG announced in a policy paper that in the event of a no deal exit, EU citizens coming to the UK will be able to visit and work as they do now (meaning they will not require a visa in advance of their arrival in the UK). The policy paper can be accessed at GOV.UK via this <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-moving-to-the-uk-after-brexit#future-immigration-system" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-moving-to-the-uk-after-brexit#future-immigration-system</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/10/2019 10:13:42 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1145768

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her letter dated 16 September 2019 to the Chair of the Committees on Arms Export Controls, how the breaches of the undertaking given to the Court by the Secretary of State in the Order of the Court dated 20 June 2019 took place; and what steps she is taking to ensure no further breaches take place.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	290760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>As my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade said in her statement to Parliament on 26<sup>th</sup> September, as soon as the issue was brought to her attention on the 12<sup>th</sup> September, she took immediate action:</p><ul><li>Taking immediate steps to inform the Court and Parliament;</li><li>Putting in place immediate, interim procedures to make sure the error could not happen again;</li><li>Instigating a complete and full internal review of all licences granted for Saudi Arabia and its Coalition partners since 20 June;</li><li>The Permanent Secretary commissioned, on her behalf, a full independent investigation.</li></ul><p>This investigation will: (i) establish the precise circumstances in which these licences were granted; (ii) establish whether any other licences have been granted in breach of the Undertaking to the Court or the commitment to Parliament; and (iii) confirm that procedures are in place to ensure that no further such breaches can occur. The Director General Policy Group at the Department for Work and Pensions has been appointed to lead this investigation.</p><p>During the course of this investigation, licence applications for Saudi Arabia and its Coalition partners will be referred to a new weekly meeting of senior officials from the Department for International Trade, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence. (Some will have been refused by this point, for example where they fail to meet one or more of the Consolidated Criteria.) This meeting will reach a recommendation for Ministers as to whether applications are within the scope of the Undertaking and the Parliamentary Statement, applying a further checklist of questions which are designed to ensure that: (i) current and full information is available to enable an assessment of whether the items in question are for possible use in the conflict in Yemen; and (ii) if there has been any change in circumstances in the conflict in Yemen, this is properly included in the assessment. All recommendations to grant licences for the export of items to Saudi Arabia and its Coalition partners will now be referred to Ministers for decision.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/10/2019 16:09:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1145773

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse is of the Get Ready For Brexit campaign.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	290765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>The campaign is a cross-government campaign using national advertising including TV, radio, press, digital and outdoor advertising. It also includes direct engagement and local elements including business preparedness events, ministerial visits and local authority activity.</p><p>The cost of the public information campaign will be published monthly on a rolling basis, as part of routine government transparency arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 290437 290970 question first answered 30/09/2019 13:49:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1145776

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children accessing the (a) 15-hours free childcare scheme for three and four-year-olds and (b) 12.5-hours free childcare offer which preceded it in (i) East Hampshire constituency, (ii) Hampshire local authority area and (iii) England in each year since the inception of each offer.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	290768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of 3 and 4-year-old children benefiting from 15 hours funded early education in Hampshire local authority and England are shown in the table below. Data is not published at parliamentary consistency level.</p><p> </p><p>The increase from 12.5 hours to 15 hours was rolled out between April 2007 and September 2010. Due to the phased roll-out consistent data is not available for these years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of 3 and 4-year-old children benefiting from 15 hours funded early education 2011-2019 Hampshire local authority and England</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Hampshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>29,110</p></td><td><p>1,224,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>29,690</p></td><td><p>1,264,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>1,283,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>30,460</p></td><td><p>1,299,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>31,200</p></td><td><p>1,321,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>31,690</p></td><td><p>1,339,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>31,000</p></td><td><p>1,317,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>30,060</p></td><td><p>1,284,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>30,080</p></td><td><p>1,277,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Early Years Census, School Census, and School Level Annual School Census</p><p>(1) Count of children aged 3 and 4 at 31 December in the previous calendar year.</p><p>(2) Any child attending more than one provider will have only been counted once.</p><p>(3) Includes general hospital schools and excludes pupil referral units.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:57:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1145781

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes: Garston and Halewood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the cost of living for low-income families in Garston and Halewood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>We would prefer to leave with a deal, and we will work in an energetic and determined way to get that better deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is turbocharging preparations to ensure we are ready to leave on 31 October, and all necessary funds will be made available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people and low resilience places. Furthermore, officials estimate the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and this is a central consideration when allocating public funds. The most recent published record of this is at Budget 2018, and is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 03/10/2019 16:41:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle