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1078653

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	Zimbabwe: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the Zimbabwean Government on respecting the rights of protesters.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	226526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>​We continue to call on the Government of Zimbabwe to investigate all allegations of human rights violations and urge them to follow the due process of law for all those arrested in connection to January's protests. The British Embassy in Harare regularly raise the rights of protestors in their meetings with the Government of Zimbabwe.</p><p>I summoned the Zimbabwean Ambassador on 17 January to urge the security forces to stop using disproportionate force and reinforce the right of the people of Zimbabwe to protest. On 30 January, I spoke to Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Moyo, repeating our calls for an end to human rights abuses and a full investigation into all alleged abuse, including arbitrary arrests.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2019 16:25:09 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1064472

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Nusinersen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for patients to access Spinraza treatment for muscular atrophy types 2 and 3.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	224024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing guidance on the use of Spinraza (nusinersen) for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, including types 2 and 3.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NICE have been in discussions with the manufacturer of Spinraza, Biogen, to explore whether there are commercial flexibilities that might enable NICE to recommend the drug as a clinically and cost effective use of NHS resources. Biogen has now submitted a revised submission for NICE’s independent Appraisal Committee to consider and a meeting has been arranged for 6 March 2019 to consider the recommendations. In the absence of final guidance from NICE, clinicians can apply to NHS England for funding in exceptional cases through the individual funding request process.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 224025 question first answered 28/02/2019 11:56:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

1064473

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Nusinersen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on concluding a managed access treatment agreement for the use of Spinraza for patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 2 and 3.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	224025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing guidance on the use of Spinraza (nusinersen) for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, including types 2 and 3.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NICE have been in discussions with the manufacturer of Spinraza, Biogen, to explore whether there are commercial flexibilities that might enable NICE to recommend the drug as a clinically and cost effective use of NHS resources. Biogen has now submitted a revised submission for NICE’s independent Appraisal Committee to consider and a meeting has been arranged for 6 March 2019 to consider the recommendations. In the absence of final guidance from NICE, clinicians can apply to NHS England for funding in exceptional cases through the individual funding request process.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 224024 question first answered 28/02/2019 11:56:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

909541

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teaching graduates have gone on to work in schools in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	146723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of postgraduate final year trainee teachers awarded qualified teacher status, who were in a teaching post within 6 months of qualifying, is published in the Department’s annual initial teacher training (ITT) Performance Profiles statistical release. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A time series of data for England are published in table 5a of the ‘Main Tables’ of the latest publication, which relates to trainees in the 2015/16 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics by region are available for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 academic years in the ‘Main Text’ of the relevant publications. The Department does not publish this data by local authority district, but figures are available by ITT provider in the Provider-level tables.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2018 07:54:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

909542

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
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 ensure teaching students go on to work in schools once they have graduated.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	146724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The latest data shows that 95% of postgraduate trainee teachers who were awarded Qualified Teacher Status were employed in a teaching post within six months of qualifying[1].</p><p> </p><p>Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers are required to demonstrate that their trainees go on to secure employment in schools; employment rates are one of the outcome measures that Ofsted uses to grade ITT providers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is developing a free national digital service for schools to publish teacher vacancies and for teachers to search for them. This new service will assist newly registered teachers to find posts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also testing early-career payments for new maths teachers; they will receive a generous upfront payment of £20,000 and two early retention payments of at least £5,000 in their third and fifth year of teaching, wherever they teach in England, or £7,500 in 39 local authorities. In addition, teachers will benefit from the student loan repayment threshold rise, and a pilot student loan reimbursement programme for science and Modern Foreign Language teachers in 25 local authorities, in the early years of their career.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632451/SFR38_2017_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632451/SFR38_2017_Text.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2018 14:09:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

760824

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate any detriment for businesses arising from the judgment in the Mazars v Woolway case.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	105340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the change in the Valuation Office Agency’s approach to assessing units within buildings of multiple occupation, which follows the Supreme Court judgement in the Mazars v Woolway case. The Government is considering the implications of this judgement. Following Budget 2016, the Government announced a wide-ranging package of measures to support rate payers, that will be worth £9 billion over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105341 105346 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:05:26 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

760825

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he or officials of his Department have raised concerns with (a) HM Revenue and Customs or (b) the Valuation Office Agency on the potential effects for businesses of the judgment in the Mazars v Woolway case.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	105341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the change in the Valuation Office Agency’s approach to assessing units within buildings of multiple occupation, which follows the Supreme Court judgement in the Mazars v Woolway case. The Government is considering the implications of this judgement. Following Budget 2016, the Government announced a wide-ranging package of measures to support rate payers, that will be worth £9 billion over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105340 105346 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:05:26 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

637849

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's budget allocation was for reducing the number of young people who were classed as not in employment, education or training in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	53377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>We want to ensure that everyone has access to high-quality education and training, which is why we are spending around £7billion on education and training for 16 to 19-year-olds this year. All of this funding helps to reduce the number of young people who are classified as not in education, employment or training (NEET) by ensuring there are attractive options available.</p><p>The Department’s NEET reduction strategy is working and numbers are the lowest since consistent records began - the proportion of 16- to 18-year-olds who are NEET has reduced from 9.8% in 2011 to 6.5% in 2015[1]. Funding allocations within this budget which especially help support young people at risk of being NEET reflect these year on year successes, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>extra funding for providers to attract, support and retain disadvantaged students[2];</li></ul><p>o academic years 2013/14 - £594million; 2014/15 - £573million; 2015/16 - £569million; 2016/17 - £544million;</p><ul><li>financial support for young people who need help with their costs such as transport to enable them to participate;</li></ul><p>o financial years 2011-12 - £365million; 2012-13 - £240million; 2013-14 – £212million; 2014-15 - £239million; 2015-16 – £239million;[3]</p><ul><li>Traineeship[4] funding[5]; and</li></ul><p>o we estimate expenditure in academic years 2013/14 - £20million; 2014/15 - £35million; 2015/16 - £45million</p><ul><li>the Youth Contract, which commenced in 2012 and ceased in March 2016, to encourage the most difficult to reach young people to participate;</li></ul><p>financial years 2012-13 - £6.9million; 2013-14 - £11.3million; 2014-15 - £23million; 2015-16[6].</p><p>[1] Participation in education, training and employment: 2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-2015</a></p><p>2 Equivalent information for earlier years is unavailable because the disadvantage block funding system changed in 2013</p><p>[3] Financial year 2015-16 figures are extracts from the management accounts, final figures will be available once the statutory accounts are published</p><p>[4] Traineeships were introduced in 2013. Providers target Traineeship programmes at particular groups, most commonly young people who are NEET and/or on benefits: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-young-people-to-develop-the-skills-for-apprenticeships-and-sustainable-employment-framework-for-delivery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-young-people-to-develop-the-skills-for-apprenticeships-and-sustainable-employment-framework-for-delivery</a></p><p>[5] These are approximations based on 16-18-year-old enrolments as funding for Traineeships is included in general provider allocations</p><p>[6] The process of collecting 2015-16 delivery data for financial claims has not been completed so a reliable figure for 2015-16 is not available at this time</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 22/11/2016 14:04:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

637851

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
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, how many employers in the (a) public and (b) private sector offered apprenticeships in (i) Sandwell, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in (A) 2010, (B) 2011, (C) 2012 and (D) 2013.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	53376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Numbers of public or private sector employers offering apprenticeships is not counted by the Department. We do publish information on workplaces offering apprenticeships, which counts the number of individual workplaces at site level. However one employer may have multiple sites. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570133/apprenticeships-workplaces-by-region.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570133/apprenticeships-workplaces-by-region.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Latest data on apprenticeship starts by constituency and region can be found in the supplementary tables accompanying the Statistical First Release SFA/SFR36, published on 17 November 2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570129/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-data-tables-November16.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570129/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-data-tables-November16.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 21/11/2016 11:32:53 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

637852

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on the number of young people in each local authority area classified as (a) not in employment, education or training and (b) unable to be located or unknown.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	53375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities collect information to identify young people who are not participating in education and training, or who are at risk of not doing so, to allow them to target their resources on those who need them most. The information collected is submitted to the Department for Education monthly, including the numbers and proportions of young people in each local authority area that are not in education, employment or training (NEET) or whose activity is unknown. The Department publishes data for each local authority including:</p><ul><li>participation information for those aged 16 and17: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-and-training-by-local-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-and-training-by-local-authority</a>;</li><li>the number and proportion of 16, 17 and 18 year old NEETs:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a>; and</li><li>local authority scorecards bringing together a range of data to give a holistic view of local authority performance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-people-neet-comparative-data-scorecard" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-people-neet-comparative-data-scorecard</a>.</li></ul> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/11/2016 16:10:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey