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1061087

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what data his Department holds on the average length of time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to deliver early investigative advice in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	221799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>During 2017/18 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) took an average of 28 calendar days from the receipt of a request for early investigative advice to complete the consultation and provide a response to the police. Responses to the police may take longer depending on the complexity of the case in question.</p><p> </p><p>The facility to capture and report this information through the CPS Case Management Information System was introduced on the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2017.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/02/2019 09:43:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1060007

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home 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 the Home Department, how many cases of alleged female genital mutilation have been investigated in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	220275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government is clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong suffering to women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office does not collate information on investigations, arrests and prosecutions centrally. Information on FGM referrals from the police to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from 2010-18 is available in the CPS’s Violence Against Women and Girls Report, available at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/violence-against-women-and-girls" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/violence-against-women-and-girls</a></p><p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced a number of measures to help overcome the barriers to prosecution, including: a new mandatory reporting duty for known cases of FGM in under-18s; extension of extra-territorial jurisdiction over FGM offences committed abroad; lifelong anonymity for victims; FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs); and a new offence of failure to protect a girl from the risk of FGM. Between their introduction and 30 September 2018, 296 FGMPOs were made to protect victims and those at risk.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/02/2019 16:00:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1060598

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to make an assessment of the quality of the rail line between Swindon and Reading to improve passenger comfort.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	220752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The condition of Network Rail’s assets is monitored and regulated by the Office of Rail and Road. Our £48bn funding package for the next five years will see increased levels of spending on maintenance and renewals across the network, with the aim of giving passengers a more reliable railway while preserving safety.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/02/2019 16:03:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1060614

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants work in each of the 19 public bodies and agencies that work (a) in and (b) with the Cabinet Office.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	220788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, Office of the Leader of the House of Lords, Boundary Commission for England, Infrastructure and Projects Authority, Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, and Privy Council Office are business units within the Cabinet Office. At 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019, 354 civil servants were employed in these areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service, Government Property Agency, Civil Service Commission,</p><p>Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, House of Lords Appointments Commission, Commissioner for Public Appointments, Boundary Commission for Wales, Committee on Standards in Public Life, Security Vetting Appeals Panel, Senior Salaries Review Body, and Government Estates Management are separate organisations that have connections to the Cabinet Office. At 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019, 758 civil servants were employed in and/or providing support to these organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Of the above organisations, Civil Service support to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the Security Vetting Appeals Panel is provided staff employed by the Cabinet Office</li><li>the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, House of Lords Appointments Commission, and the Commissioner for Public Appointments is provided by staff employed by the Civil Service Commission</li></ul><p>the Senior Salaries Review Body is provided by staff employed in BEIS</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/02/2019 15:39:31 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1060624

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Commonwealth Games 2022
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 guidance he has issued and in what format to anyone connected to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on becoming accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage employer.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	220808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Guidance on accreditation as a Living Wage Employer will be considered as part of work to agree appropriate contractor policies and pay for the Organising Committee and other Games delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/02/2019 15:00:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1060661

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Alternative Arrangements Working Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish all (a) documents, (b) minutes, (c) agendas and (d) reports written (i) by and (ii) for the Alternative Arrangements Working Group.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	220848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s meetings with MPs and others to explore alternative arrangements to the backstop form part of routine Ministerial meetings. The Department for Exiting the European Union will publish, on a quarterly basis, details of the Secretary of State’s external meetings in line with section 8.14 of the Ministerial Code.</p><p>Only Ministers can commission advice from civil servants, and the usual rules around the use and release of government papers will apply. The Government has not provided any papers to the group of MPs. Any documents produced by the MPs are a matter for them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/02/2019 16:14:50 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1060751

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Wolverhampton North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been created in Wolverhampton North East (a) in each of the twelve months before the introduction of the apprenticeship levy and (b) in each month since the levy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	220893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the figures for apprenticeship starts for Wolverhampton North East constituency for each month by academic year from 2015/16 to 2018/19 (quarter 1 reported to date).</p><p>In May 2017, there were significant structural changes to the apprenticeship funding system, including the introduction of the apprenticeship levy and apprenticeship service. The profile of apprenticeship starts changed significantly, both in the run-up to the introduction of the levy and subsequently. Care should be taken when comparing individual months with previous years as they are unlikely to provide a meaningful year-on-year trend. Numbers of reported starts are likely to change as the reforms to apprenticeship funding continue to bed in and employers engage with the new system.</p><p>The information requested is not held centrally regarding the proportion of levy-paying firms that have taken on apprentices. However, the department holds information on the number of apprenticeship service accounts (ASAs) registered. As of 31 December 2018, there were 16,100 ASAs registered on the apprenticeship service.</p><p>Since the introduction of the levy, 268,500 levy-supported starts have been recorded for England. Levy-supported learners are those supported by levy-paying organisations using at least £1 of their own levy funds. For context, there have been 555,800 total starts for England since the levy (from quarter 4 of 2016/17 to quarter 1 of 2018/19).</p><p>In addition, in January 2018, we published that 91.7 percent of those who had PAYE schemes with apprenticeship levy declarations in England of over £150,000 had registered on the apprenticeship service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 220895 question first answered 18/02/2019 11:54:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 220893_220895_apprenticeships_table_attachment.xls title 220893_220895_apprenticeships_table_attachment
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1060760

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	EU Emissions Trading Scheme
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 the Government plans to leave the EU’s emissions trading scheme; and what steps the Government is taking to maintain its commitment to cut carbon emissions after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	220855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement after the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, the UK’s participation in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will continue until the end of the Implementation Period. This aligns with the end of Phase III (December 2020) of the EU ETS.</p><p>The Political Declaration sets out that the UK and the EU have agreed to consider cooperating on carbon pricing through linking a UK national greenhouse gas emissions trading system with the EU ETS. The details of these arrangements will be a matter for the next phase of the negotiations. The Government will consult on our future approach to carbon pricing in due course.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves without a deal in 2019, the UK would cease to participate in the EU ETS. To ensure stability and to meet the UK’s legally binding carbon reduction commitments under the Climate Change Act, a Carbon Emissions Tax would be introduced from 1 April 2019.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling climate change. We are making strong progress towards our legally binding targets established in the world-leading Climate Change Act. Between 1990 and 2017, the UK reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by over 40% while growing the economy by more than two thirds - the best performance in the G7 on a per person basis.</p><p>We recognise the need to go further and the Clean Growth Strategy sets out our plans through to 2032, to build on our successes to date. It includes ambitious proposals on housing, business, transport, the natural environment and green finance.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:29:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1060782

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprenticeship levy-paying employers have hired apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	220895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the figures for apprenticeship starts for Wolverhampton North East constituency for each month by academic year from 2015/16 to 2018/19 (quarter 1 reported to date).</p><p>In May 2017, there were significant structural changes to the apprenticeship funding system, including the introduction of the apprenticeship levy and apprenticeship service. The profile of apprenticeship starts changed significantly, both in the run-up to the introduction of the levy and subsequently. Care should be taken when comparing individual months with previous years as they are unlikely to provide a meaningful year-on-year trend. Numbers of reported starts are likely to change as the reforms to apprenticeship funding continue to bed in and employers engage with the new system.</p><p>The information requested is not held centrally regarding the proportion of levy-paying firms that have taken on apprentices. However, the department holds information on the number of apprenticeship service accounts (ASAs) registered. As of 31 December 2018, there were 16,100 ASAs registered on the apprenticeship service.</p><p>Since the introduction of the levy, 268,500 levy-supported starts have been recorded for England. Levy-supported learners are those supported by levy-paying organisations using at least £1 of their own levy funds. For context, there have been 555,800 total starts for England since the levy (from quarter 4 of 2016/17 to quarter 1 of 2018/19).</p><p>In addition, in January 2018, we published that 91.7 percent of those who had PAYE schemes with apprenticeship levy declarations in England of over £150,000 had registered on the apprenticeship service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 220893 question first answered 18/02/2019 11:54:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 220893_220895_apprenticeships_table_attachment.xls title 220893_220895_apprenticeships_table_attachment
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1060785

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money his Department estimates is dormant in apprenticeship levy accounts.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	220896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Employers who pay the apprenticeship levy are able to create an apprenticeship service account to access levy funds, which will be held for 2 years after entering their account. We apply a 24-month expiry period on funds after they enter an account to encourage employers to plan and spend funds in good time. Any unspent funds from apprenticeship service accounts after the 24-month expiry period will be used to pay for apprenticeship training for non-levy paying employers. We do not therefore consider funds held in apprenticeships service accounts to be ‘dormant’.</p><p> </p><p>Spending on the apprenticeship programme is demand-led. Employers choose which apprenticeships they offer and at what level, how many apprenticeships to offer and when to offer them in order to meet their current and future skills needs. We do not anticipate that all employers who pay the levy will need or want to use all the funds in their accounts. However, any unspent funds are used to support existing apprenticeship learners and levy-paying employers who spend more than the funds available in their accounts and to fund training with employers that do not pay the levy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/02/2019 17:16:22 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds