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1310100

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date	19/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the clinical evidential basis is for his Department’s decision to delay the return of university students to face-to-face teaching.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	183267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to taking a cautious approach to easing restrictions, guided by data instead of dates. Much of the data that has been used to inform decision making has already been published.</p><p>It is important that we continue to take a cautious – but irreversible – approach to re-opening. Moving too fast, too soon, risks a resurgence in infections, hospitalisations and deaths. Whilst we are aware that there is limited evidence of transmission in in-person teaching environments, we must not lose sight of the risks the virus poses and must stay vigilant throughout to ensure this roadmap provides a one-way passage to returning to a more normal life.</p><p>We have worked extremely closely with scientists and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) to understand and model various scenarios to inform our plan that seeks to enable us to re-open the country without putting unsustainable pressure on the NHS. We have also examined economic and social data to get a balanced understanding of the impacts of carefully easing restrictions. The government has also carefully considered data on the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on ethnic minority communities, the vulnerable, the young, and low-income groups.</p><p>The government has taken into account all the scientific advice and models that suggest that allowing additional indoor mixing at an earlier stage when prevalence is higher and fewer people have been vaccinated would result in significantly higher numbers of infections and that is why restrictions outdoors have been eased first and restrictions on most indoor activity will remain in place. As the number of people vaccinated increases, we anticipate being able to take steps to ease further as more people are protected.</p><p>A wealth of data, papers and evidence is being published at the same time as the Roadmap, to ensure transparency on the information the government has had available to it in reaching its decisions. This includes information from Public Health England:</p><ul><li>Information on vaccine effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccination</li><li>A surveillance report with a more detailed summary of the findings so far from the SARS-CoV-2 Immunity &amp; REinfection EvaluatioN (SIREN) study and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Watch</li><li>A technical paper on the SIREN analysis being published (as a pre-print) by the Lancet</li></ul><p>The papers from SAGE include:</p><ul><li>Minutes from the last 4 SAGE meetings</li><li>Children’s Task and Finish Group paper: ‘COVID-19 in higher education settings, 10 February 2021’</li><li>3 papers from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M), with a summary of modelling on scenarios for easing restrictions, together with the supporting papers from modellers at Warwick and Imperial universities</li><li>A collection of papers from SPI-M on “relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and the re-opening of schools”, Independent Pandemic Scientific Insights Group on Behaviours (the behavioural experts’ sub-group of SAGE) on return to campus for the spring term and the risk of increased transmission from student migration</li></ul> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 26/04/2021 13:21:26 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1309869

registered interest
date	16/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Queen Elizabeth: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on repairing fire damage aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	182094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>Minor repairs required as a result of fire damage are conducted as part of routine fleet maintenance activity. There has been no fire-related repair activity separate to this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/04/2021 10:37:29 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1309870

registered interest
date	16/04/2021
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	Electricity Interconnectors: Portsmouth
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 restrictions he plans to place on third party access to the data infrastructure contained in the proposed AQUIND subsea interconnector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	182095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The AQUIND subsea interconnector project is in the early planning stage. DCMS works with industry to manage the development of the UK’s submarine cable network including assessing and mitigating the physical, personnel, and cyber risks involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/04/2021 13:19:45 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1309341

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Tigray: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 9 March 2021 to Question 161799 on Ethiopia: Violence, if he will make further representations to his counterpart in the Government of Ethiopia on the need for independent, international, investigations into allegations of human right abuses and violations in the Tigray region of that country.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	181413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned at the mounting evidence of human rights abuses and violations in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Since the conflict started, the UK alongside international partners, have consistently called for an end to fighting, and for all parties to the conflict to prioritise the protection of civilians. We will hold Prime Minister Abiy to his statement on 23 March that the perpetrators of human rights atrocities should face justice - whoever they are. Further atrocities including sexual and gender-based violence must stop and an independent investigation of those that have occurred must take place. The UK will support the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights' planned investigations.</p><p>In a joint statement on Ethiopia with 41 other countries at the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, we condemned in the strongest terms the reported killings of civilians. Eritrea's role in the conflict is particularly concerning; there are numerous reports of atrocities involving Eritrean forces, and the presence of Eritrean forces is fueling insecurity. We welcome the announcement, on 26 March by Prime Minister Abiy that Eritrean forces will withdraw and call for this to be swift, unconditional and verifiable - we have yet to see any evidence that Eritrean forces are leaving Tigray and will continue pressing for this commitment to be delivered.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/04/2021 14:02:29 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1306955

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Graffiti
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of far-right graffiti and stickers in public places; and what steps she is taking to tackle that graffiti.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	178635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Addressing visible signs of crime and anti-social behaviour such as graffiti helps to improve public perceptions of local environmental quality. In 2018, the Government almost doubled the maximum fixed penalty that local authorities can issue for offences related to graffiti to £150 and increased the default to £100. For more serious offences, such as racist or otherwise abusive graffiti, prosecution may be more suitable. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs set out in its recent guidance on enforcement against littering and related offences that enforcement action must be proportionate and in the public interest.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 also introduced a range of flexible tools and powers that the police, local authorities and other local agencies can use to respond quickly and effectively to anti-social behaviour, including graffiti. It is for local agencies to determine whether their use is appropriate in the specific circumstances as those who work within, and for, local communities will be best placed to understand what is driving the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.</p><p>We are clear that the far right has absolutely no place in Britain, and the British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric and against our values of decency, tolerance and respect. We are committed to tackling those who, based on extreme right wing or any other ideology, promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society, and that radicalise others into terrorism.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2021 14:58:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1306995

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Continuity of Education Allowance has been claimed in each of the last five years; and if he will provide a breakdown of the ranks that have claimed that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	178721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The aim of Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) is to assist Service personnel to achieve continuity of education for their children that would otherwise be denied in the state-maintained day school sector due to the mobility of their family because of consecutive assignments both in the UK and overseas. CEA is available to all Service personnel, irrespective of rank, subject to them satisfying the qualifying criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Service personnel may select from a wide variety of schools across the UK from within the independent and state-maintained sectors. To qualify for the purposes of CEA, a school must: offer full boarding facilities; be registered with the appropriate UK education department; be subject to Ofsted inspection and, in the case of independent schools, be a member of an organisation affiliated to the Independent Schools Council or the Scottish Council for Independent Schools. Each claimant is required to contribute at least 10 per cent of the fees at independent schools.</p><p> </p><p>During the last five Financial Years (FY, 2015-16 to 2019-20) the cost of CEA to Defence was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of Service personnel who claimed CEA during the last five FYs, by rank, was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>NATO RANK</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS (FY)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF2</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF3</p></td><td><p>618</p></td><td><p>578</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF4</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>632</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>529</p></td><td><p>535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF5</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF6</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF7</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OF9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR2</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR3</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR4</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR6</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR7</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR8</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OR9</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>3,671</p></td><td><p>3,458</p></td><td><p>3,372</p></td><td><p>3,050</p></td><td><p>2,982</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note</strong>: a key to NATO Rank Codes and UK equivalencies can be found in the attached document.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 15/04/2021 09:26:21 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer attachment 1 file name NATO Rank Codes and UK equivalencies.docx title NATO Rank Codes and UK equivalencies
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1306996

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Outdoor Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2020 to Question 97703, on Outdoor Education: Finance, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report prepared for Ministers by civil servants following that meeting with campaigners.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	178723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The government is continuing to prioritise mental health and wellbeing support for children, young people, and staff following the return to education on 8 March. The Department for Education has convened a Mental Health in Education Action Group. The action group will look at the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people and staff in nurseries, schools, colleges, and universities. It will consider how to support mental wellbeing as children and young people are returning to education settings, with transitions between education settings in September, and in the longer term. As we consider how best to support the education sector moving forward, we will consider access to outdoor spaces in that context.</p><p>In the first instance the group are engaging with health experts to bring together the evidence of impact on children and young people. The group will identify the existing range of support available and will examine how to ensure support is easy to access and has the greatest possible impact. They are also engaging with education stakeholders, including staff and leadership unions, to ensure that we understand the issues that are facing staff in nurseries, schools, colleges, and universities and how they can be supported in the coming months.</p><p>This year, we will invest up to £220 million in our Holiday Activities and Food programme. Delivery began at Easter and will run during the summer and Christmas holidays in 2021, supporting disadvantaged pupils and their families with enriching activities, providing them with healthy food, helping them to learn new things and improving socialisation.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 20/04/2021 11:39:13 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1307229

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Busking: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will publish guidance on when busking and street performances can begin safely as covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	179451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Indoor and outdoor performance events with a socially distanced audience are permitted from Step 3 of the Government’s Roadmap (not before 17 May). Busking is permitted from Step 3.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Busking may involve attendees converging on and congregating in a site for a specific performance or activity, and may risk audiences gathering in an uncontrolled environment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will continue to work with stakeholders on reopening the live music sector, in line with the timetable set out in the Roadmap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/04/2021 11:12:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1307860

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government’s response to the Selous Report, Living in our shoes - Understanding the needs of UK armed forces families, published on 29 March 2021, how his Department plans to incentivise a move away from a fix-on-fail approach to a preventative maintenance philosophy.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	179452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>The new Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) contracts will support a move to a more planned and predictive maintenance regime, supported by a forward life-cycle replacement programme. The contracting model, which adopts the industry standard from the Services and Facilities Group of Building Engineering Services Association (SFG20), incentivises service efficiency and quality and introduces Price Per Property arrangements. These are aimed at encouraging suppliers to provide enduring and sustainable solutions which will be less expensive than repeated short-term fixes.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/04/2021 12:49:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1307861

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government’s response to the Selous Report, Living in our Shoes – understanding the needs of UK Armed Forces families, published on 29 March 2021, if he will publish the feedback that Amey’s Customer Service Centre for Defence has received in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	179453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Following the recommendation in the Selous report reference the performance of the Amey call centre, as of April 2021, of the 6209 Stage 1 Complaints raised since March 2020, 55 (0.89%) were related to the level of service provided by the Customer Service Centre (CSC). Over the same period, 116 contacts were made complimenting the quality of service provided by the CSC.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/04/2021 11:17:01 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan