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1059787

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of nurse training course fees and bursaries being paid for by the NHS subject to the completion of several years of post-registration work as a nurse.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	220203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220204 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1059789

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current framework and funding of nurse training in incentivising sufficient people to join the nursing profession to meet the needs of the health service.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	220204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220203 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

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

1060781

	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	Manufacturing Industries: EU Countries
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the ability of UK-based (a) automotive and (b) aerospace companies to source parts from the EU 27 in a timely manner.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	220894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Both the UK and the EU share a strong commercial interest in preserving the integrated supply chains of the aerospace and automotive sectors, including those that support the Just in Time processes that ensure the UK's manufacturing plants remain competitive.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has sought to work constructively with the EU to get the best deal for business. The Political Declaration sets out an ambitious plan for a new free trade area for goods, including no tariffs, with ambitious customs arrangements and deep regulatory cooperation. This will be the first such agreement between an advanced economy and the EU, and would ensure parts can be sourced from the EU in a timely manner. The only way to ensure that the UK's automotive and aerospace industries can remain competitive is to agree a deal that provides for tariff free trade and protected access to these vital supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS Ministers and officials meet regularly with industry through the Automotive Council and the Aerospace Growth Partnership. Through this engagement we encourage companies to engage proactively with their supply chain to prepare for potential no deal scenarios. We are aware that companies in both sectors are stockpiling essential parts to try and minimise disruption in a no deal scenario.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/02/2019 15:25:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

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

1059870

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps staff in her Department are authorised to take when they suspect an abusive partner is attending an appointment with a universal credit claimant.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	220213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>We always look to deal with vulnerable claimants sensitively and recognise that victims of domestic abuse often find it difficult to discuss sensitive matters.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Each claimant is assigned to a single work coach, which helps build a trusting relationship.<p> </p></li><li>Private rooms are available in almost all Jobcentres so that individuals can discuss sensitive issues with their work coach in private.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>All our work coaches receive mandatory training – developed with input from domestic abuse charities – to help them recognize the signs of abuse.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>By summer 2019, we will have domestic abuse specialists in every Jobcentre to further raise awareness of domestic abuse, and support work coaches</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/02/2019 14:51:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1060013

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many countries which appeared on the list of the UK Government’s Human Rights Priority Countries in 2017 (a) attended and (b) sent delegations to the 2017 Defence and Security Equipment International.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	220155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office undertake a stringent process of scrutiny and approval before any invitations to foreign governments are issued, for major UK defence exhibitions like DSEI.</p><p>Respect for human rights is a mandatory consideration in the process and a country would not be invited where that would contradict the UK’s international obligations. Invitations are reviewed if the situation in any one country changes significantly prior to an exhibition.</p><p>Six human rights priority countries were invited and attended Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2017 as official delegations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/02/2019 13:00:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1060014

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many states which appear on the Government’s list of Human Rights Priority Countries are (a) scheduled to attend and (b) scheduled to be represented by delegations to the 2019 Defence and Security Equipment International.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	220156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>No decisions have yet been taken on official invitations to international delegations to attend Defence and Security Equipment International 2019.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/02/2019 12:34:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1060017

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124053 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, if he will publish the (a) personnel and (b) transport costs to the British Army of sending 44 military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	220158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>There were no personnel and transport costs to the British Army of sending military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017. All associated costs were met in full by the commercial event organiser.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/02/2019 12:26:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1058819

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	Surgery: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that surgery after-care equipment is (a) collected from patients when it is no longer needed and (b) reused when in pristine condition in order to reduce costs.
	tabling member constituency	Waveney
	tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
	uin	219411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>There is a responsibility on National Health Service trusts to make the very best use of all resources and items where they are safely and legally reusable and returnable.</p><p> </p><p>The policy on the return of equipment is a matter for each individual NHS trust. The policy should be included in the trust’s Sustainable Development Management Plan (SDMP). The publication of a trust’s SDMP is a requirement under Service Condition 18 of the NHS Standard Contract. This should be available for inspection by any member of the public.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 12:23:39 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous