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1077720

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
	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 (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed in each group of his Department that are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	226124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</p><p>Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p>Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 1.6% of the total of 317 employees.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2019 17:32:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_125_126_Table_of_apprentices previous answer version 104932 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077723

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships: Apprentices
	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 staff at the Institute for Apprenticeships are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	226125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p>Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 1.6% of the total of 317 employees.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105461 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077725

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
	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 staff in his Department working on apprenticeship strategy, policy, and delivery are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	226126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for apprenticeship strategy, policy and delivery and there are 317 employees in this division. </ins>Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, <del class="ministerial">5<del class="ministerial"> </del></del><ins class="ministerial">8 </ins>employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents <del class="ministerial">1.6%</del> <ins class="ministerial">2.5% </ins>of <ins class="ministerial">their workforce.</ins> <del class="ministerial">the total of 317 employees. </del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105462 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077520

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Hunterston B Power Station: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the planned shutdown date is for Hunterston (B) nuclear power station; what the electricity generation capacity is of that power station; and what plans his Department has to replace that capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	226168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>Hunterston B nuclear power station has a generating capacity of 965 megawatts. EDF’s estimated decommissioning date is <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins><del class="ministerial">2024</del>. This Government remains committed to delivering secure electricity supplies to consumers at the lowest possible cost. We demonstrated this commitment by giving the go-ahead to the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C, as well as by launching our landmark £200m Nuclear Sector Deal last year.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2019 13:26:02 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2019 15:05:21 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 105135 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1077658

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Plea Bargaining
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of prosecutions for child sexual abuse involved a defendant who accepted charges prior to trial due to a plea bargain initiated by the CPS in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	226118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Prosecutors do not offer “plea bargains” to defendants and therefore no statistics are recorded. The general principles to be followed by prosecutors in considering accepting pleas offered by the defence to alternative or fewer offences are set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors 2018 and the Attorney General’s Guidelines on the Acceptance of Pleas 2012. Prosecutors should only accept the defendant’s plea if they think the court is able to pass a sentence that matches the seriousness of the offending.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/03/2019 13:28:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1077660

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Plea Bargaining
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many plea bargains were (a) offered to and (b) accepted by defendants prosecuted under sections 5-9, section 16 and section 25 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	226119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Prosecutors do not offer “plea bargains” to defendants and therefore no statistics are recorded. The general principles to be followed by prosecutors in considering accepting pleas offered by the defence to alternative or fewer offences are set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors 2018 and the Attorney General’s Guidelines on the Acceptance of Pleas 2012. Prosecutors should only accept the defendant’s plea if they think the court is able to pass a sentence that matches the seriousness of the offending.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/03/2019 13:30:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1077609

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Housing: Construction
	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 progress is being made on house building in each of the garden cities, towns and villages supported by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	226042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Across England, we are currently supporting twenty-four locally-led garden communities, to be exemplars of high quality, good design and best practice. This support has included the provision of £31 million of capacity funding to the garden towns and villages and nearly £300 million of infrastructure funding to Ebbsfleet Garden City, hands on expertise, support and delivery advice from experts within Homes England; and, cross-government brokerage to resolve barriers to delivery. Our support has helped foster ambition to accelerate the pace of delivery, with over 12,500 new homes now started.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/03/2019 11:52:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1077612

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Build Out Rates Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to respond to the Independent Review of Build Out.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	226043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The final report of the review, chaired by the member for West Dorset, was published alongside the Budget in October. The Government will respond to the review shortly.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/03/2019 11:53:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1077643

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Housing Infrastructure Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 222600 on Housing Infrastructure Fund, if he will publish the assessments made of each of the successful bids for the Housing Infrastructure Fund to date.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	226044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for local authorities from the Housing Infrastructure Fund is awarded on a highly competitive basis, providing grant funding for new infrastructure that will unlock new homes in areas of the greatest housing need. Each bid for funding is assessed against the published criteria and the outcome of the assessment and feedback is provided to the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/03/2019 11:53:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1077646

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Housing Infrastructure Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 222600 on Housing Infrastructure Fund, if he will publish the (a) timescale and (b) remit of the evaluation of the Housing Infrastructure Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	226045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy, published on 28 January 2019, sets out why monitoring and robust evaluation is important. The Housing Infrastructure Fund is a complex programme due to funds being directed at infrastructure to unlock housing. Reflecting this complexity, the department is currently developing the detailed evaluation plan for the Housing Infrastructure Fund, which includes determining the scope and timescale of the evaluation.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/03/2019 11:52:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey