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903730

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support more pathways from education into employment for young people.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	905264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">We are developing 15 prestigious technical routes that will set a clear pathway through apprenticeships and new flagship T level programmes to skilled employment for young people.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">High quality apprenticeships offer an excellent means of progression for many young people leaving education, giving them the skills valued by employers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">T levels are classroom based, level 3 study programmes and will provide a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels. A substantial, high-quality industry placement will be an essential part of each T level giving students the chance to put into practice the technical skills they have learned in the classroom.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Training and qualifications within the technical education routes are being designed and developed by employers - so that students can be confident they are getting the skills that employers need.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The reformed technical routes will ensure we unlock all the talents of young people across the country, no matter where they come from, and support them into strong, rewarding jobs and careers.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We are developing 15 prestigious technical routes to set a clear pathway through apprenticeships and new flagship T levels to skilled employment for young people.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">We are working with employers to design the content for T levels, which will provide in future a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">But apprenticeships must be of high quality. I am pleased that the move from the old frameworks to the new standards has seen the proportion of these apprenticeships in the number of all starts grow from 3% to 36% since last year.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">Traineeships for those most distant from the labour market are yielding good results. With two thirds progessing to positive destinations and reporting high levels of satifaction (82%). With 84% saying it helped them gain the skills they need.</del></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:12 question first ministerially corrected 15/05/2018 09:26:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 57828 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

884914

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in the UK were born in Commonwealth countries and arrived in the UK before 1971.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	135902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/04/2018 16:16:51 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2018 09:50:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ135902.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 52836 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ135902 HR.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

890284

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what external agencies or consultants have been contracted by his Department to carry out work in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	137595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Other than for minor or bespoke purchases, the Scotland Office does not normally undertake direct procurement or tendering of external agencies or consultant contracts. It utilises existing service contracts between suppliers and the Scottish Government<ins class="ministerial">, Cabinet Office</ins> or the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell previous answer version 54690 answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell 54744 answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell question first answered 30/04/2018 08:09:01 question first ministerially corrected 01/05/2018 11:01:14 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

891374

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Planning Obligations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the value was of planning obligations agreed to in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of that value was attributed to (a) direct payments, (b) affordable housing and (c) other types of contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	138115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy we have been working urgently to identify any other buildings over 18 metres with potentially unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. With the support of local authorities, fire and rescue services and the expert panel, MHCLG is supporting building owners to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of residents. Homes England is also reviewing the implications where homes may have been purchased with the support of Help to Buy Equity Loan.</del></p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">The Government does not hold data for every year since 2010-11. In March this year we published a study on “The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy in England in 2016-17”. This found that last year Section 106 obligations with estimated value of £5.1 billion had been levied. This included affordable housing contributions worth an estimated £4 billion. £75 million of this was delivered through commuted sums, and the remainder was delivered in-kind.</ins></strong></p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">Excluding affordable housing and land, s106 obligations to the value of £613.1 million were levied in direct contributions, and obligations to the value of £72.1 million were levied in in kind contributions.</ins></strong></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab previous answer version 55042 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab 55219 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab question first answered 01/05/2018 12:27:45 question first ministerially corrected 03/05/2018 14:58:03 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

897206

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in young offender institutions were locked in their cells for (a) 22 hours a day and (b) more than 22 hours a day in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	141024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of young people held in custody is one of our highest priorities and is fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system. We are committed to reforming youth custody so that it is safer for both young people and staff, as well as being better equipped to help young people turn their lives around.</p><p> </p><p>There are some occasions when young people in custody are putting themselves or others at risk, during which segregation can be used as a last resort for limited periods of time when no other form of intervention is suitable. Any decision to remove a young person from association is subject to regular review and a range of safeguarding measures are in place to ensure appropriate oversight of their care. There are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be removed from association without review of the decision to remove. <br /> <br /> Please see the number of hours of segregation that young people have been placed on, broken down via each Young Offender Institute (YOI) within each of the past five years. Please note that the data collected below is classified by the number of hours young people in total have been on segregation in each current YOI establishment. We do not have a breakdown via the number of young people that have been in segregation and nor the number of hours spent per segregation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>No. of Hours young people in 'Segregation' for</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><em>Sub-total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>744</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2392</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>2576</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>10431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td><td><p>1229</p></td><td><p>1286</p></td><td><p>1139</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>7439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYIO Parc</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Werrington</p></td><td><p>1003</p></td><td><p>1185</p></td><td><p>1732</p></td><td><p>2045</p></td><td><p>1765</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>8013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Wetherby</p></td><td><p>1578</p></td><td><p>1400</p></td><td><p>1592</p></td><td><p>1589</p></td><td><p>1394</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>7816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Sub-Total</em></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2581</del><ins class="ministerial">5557</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2585</del><ins class="ministerial">5823</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3324</del><ins class="ministerial">7002</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3634</del><ins class="ministerial">6773</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3159</del><ins class="ministerial">7009</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">546</del><ins class="ministerial">1535</ins></p></td><td><p><strong><del class="ministerial">15829</del><ins class="ministerial">33699</ins></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data that is not in the public domain.</li><li>2018 figures only apply to the months from January to March 2018.</li><li>We have not included data for HMYOI Ashfield, HMYOI Hindley and HMYOI Warren Hill. These establishments also held young people at times during the period requested but were all decommissioned.</li><li>The data from HMYOI Parc is not comparable as it relates to single separation data – not time on segregation.</li><li>This data includes some 18 year olds who remain in the under 18 secure estate.</li><li>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2018 16:30:49 question first ministerially corrected 29/10/2018 11:54:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 57759 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

890416

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of women serving prison sentences for non-violent crimes since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	137612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 201<ins class="ministerial">8</ins><del class="ministerial">7</del>, there were 2,271 sentenced females in the prison population for non-violent crimes (everything but violence against the person) and an additional 445 on remand. This information is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the average cost of prisoners by any type of offence. However, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the women’s estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures, for financial year 2016-17, can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a range of sentences at their disposal including community sentences, suspended sentences, fines and custodial sentences. Custodial sentences are reserved for the most serious offences. Women diverted from custody and into community sentences, also have an associated cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:06:09 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2018 12:47:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 55640 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

884922

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that banks maintain records for longer than five years in response to possible legal actions on the mis-selling of (a) tailored business loans and (b) other financial products to small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	135910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Oversight of banks’ <ins class="ministerial">record-keeping </ins>processes <ins class="ministerial">for regulated activities, certain related activities, and other ancillary services specifically covered under EU law </ins> <del class="ministerial">and redress schemes regarding the mis-selling of tailored business loans and other financial products to small businesses</del> is the responsibility of the operationally independent Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">For other activities, such as traditional commercial lending, including Tailored Business Loans, record keeping processes are not subject to FCA requirements and are therefore legal and commercial decisions for banks.</ins></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/04/2018 13:12:12 question first ministerially corrected 15/06/2018 13:21:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen previous answer version 53154 answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

873579

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	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	S4C
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish the report relating to the funding of Welsh language channel S4C.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	134693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">DCMS ministers and officials regularly meet with a range of stakeholders, including the Press Recognition Panel, to discuss a range of issues.</del></p><p> </p><ins class="ministerial">We published the S4C independent review, 'Building an S4C for the future' on 29 March, alongside the government's response. </ins><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/04/2018 11:57:52 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2018 09:51:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 52978 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

894887

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has set a target for the net number of prison officers to be employed in the prison service in the next (a) 12 months and (b) three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	139558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer to PQs 13<ins class="ministerial">7</ins>608-10, given on 27 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>As we focus on making our jails safe and decent places to support rehabilitation between the end of October 2016 and the end of March 2018 we have increased prison officer numbers by 3,111, which is already significantly over our target of 2,500 additional staff by the end of December 2018. These recruitment efforts form part of a wider drive to ensure that all prisons are fully staffed so that they can deliver safe and decent regimes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/05/2018 15:40:33 question first ministerially corrected 04/05/2018 10:29:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 55954 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

895376

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Offshore Industry: Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hydrocarbon releases from oil and gas installations on the UK continental shelf were recorded by the Health and Safety Executive in each year from 2000 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	140076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive has recorded the following hydrocarbon releases (HCRs) by year:</p><p> </p><p>2000 264</p><p>2001 251</p><p>2002 242</p><p>2003 242</p><p>2004 273</p><p>2005 224</p><p>2006 190</p><p>2007 185</p><p>2008 147</p><p>2009 179</p><p>2010 186</p><p>2011 142</p><p>2012 105</p><p>2013 118</p><p>2014 94</p><p>2015 93</p><p>2016 101(p)</p><p>2017 103(p)</p><p> </p><p>Final figures for 2016 will be confirmed and published with the provisional figures for 2017 as part of the Health and Safety Executive’s annual <em>Offshore Statistics &amp; Regulatory Activity Report, </em>due to be published in July.</p><p> </p><p>Releases are categorised as “major”, “significant” and “minor”, depending on the potential consequences of the event, which is usually directly linked to the total quantity or rate of release.Overall reported hydrocarbon releases have approximately halved since 2010. The reporting process presents an opportunity for both the regulator and the industry to investigate and identify underlying causes and learn lessons.</p><p> </p><p>Although the offshore industry has seen the overall downward trend as an indicator of improved performance, HSE remains concerned that every release represents a deficiency in an operator’s process safety management, and an increased risk of harm to workers. There have also been a small number of large releases every year which could have resulted in a major accident.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, the Director of HSE’s Energy Division wrote recently to challenge the offshore industry to identify and address any weaknesses in its leadership and safety culture, as well as its arrangements for safety system audits, which have allowed such releases to occur (see attachment entitled Letter from the Director, HSE Energy Division to the Oil and Gas Industry on Hydrocarbon Releases).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/05/2018 14:33:45 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2018 16:39:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton attachment 1 file name Attachment to 140076 & 140715 - Letter from the Director, HSE Energy Division to the Oil and Gas Industry on Hydrocarbon Releases.doc title Letter from HSE Director previous answer version 57122 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham