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1732803

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date	09/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the contribution of degree apprenticeships to the delivery of skills needs (a) locally, (b) in the East Midlands and (c) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Adam Thompson
uin	8266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The latest figures for the 2023/24 academic year show there have been 44,060 apprenticeship starts at degree level, including 3,540 in the East Midlands.</p><p>Degree apprenticeships can provide school leavers and older learners alternative routes into degree level professions, which supports diversity and inclusion.</p><p>The department will work with Skills England to ensure that degree apprenticeships continue to offer good value for money and drive economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/10/2024 13:11:21 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	5044

1732804

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Innovate UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to encourage collaboration between business and universities to increase economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Adam Thompson
uin	8267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government encourages university-business collaboration through a range of incentives, funding and knowledge exchange. The Higher Education Innovation Fund, managed through Research England, providing £280m annually for knowledge exchange, including £20m specifically for business and commercialisation activity.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also established Skills England, which is tasked with identifying and articulating the skills needed while working with other actors in the skills system to ensure provision is aligned with our industrial strategy. We are building a flexible and high-quality system that breaks down the barriers to opportunity and drives growth.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 18/10/2024 12:44:25 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	5044

1732506

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Higher Education: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the report entitled Replacing the Research Excellence Framework published by UK Day One on 8 October 2024.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Adam Thompson
uin	7917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The next Research Excellence Framework (REF) is currently being developed by Research England and the three Devolved higher education funding bodies, in collaboration with the higher education sector.</p><p>As development of REF 2029 proceeds, the funding bodies will continue to engage with the sector and assess the feedback and evidence received from stakeholders until final guidance for the next exercise is set in 2026.</p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant question first answered 15/10/2024 12:39:42 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
tabling member	5044

1730914

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Maternity Services: Safety
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 (a) progress can be monitored on all maternity safety improvement schemes and (b) all schemes can be effectively evaluated to assess impact.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Adam Thompson
uin	6709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Improving safety and outcomes for women and babies is central to NHS England’s three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, which is built on recommendations from recent maternity safety inquiries and specifically addresses the key themes they raised. The plan includes measures to determine success that will be used to monitor outcomes and progress in achieving key objectives in the plan. To facilitate monitoring against the key objectives, NHS England published technical guidance which includes information to provide clarity on the data sources and indicator construction for these measures.</p><p>There are a number of measures in place to monitor progress of maternity safety improvement schemes, including the perinatal quality oversight model (PQOM). The PQOM provides a structure with clear lines of responsibility and accountability for addressing and escalating quality and safety risks at a trust, integrated care board, regional, and national level.</p><p>The Maternity Safety Support Programme provides dedicated and intensive support to trusts that require additional support. Maternity improvement advisors work closely with trusts to develop tailored maternity improvement plans and monitor progress. NHS England undertook an evaluation of the programme this year and they are currently exploring where improvements can be made.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 14/10/2024 13:41:22 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5044

1730922

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Research: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report by UK Day One entitled Reform Academic Publishing to Unblock Innovation, published on 5 September 2024, if he will make an assessment of (a) the potential merits of requiring the publication of all taxpayer-funded research as preprints before they are submitted to academic journals and (b) the value for money of UKRI’s policy on open access block grants.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Adam Thompson
uin	6710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The UKRI open access policy aims to make the results of publicly funded research immediately available so they can be accessed and built upon. UKRI encourages preprints across research disciplines and reserves the right to require preprints where necessary.</p><p>UKRI Open Access Block Grant Awards support institutions in meeting its policy requirements. Awards cover article publishing charges (APCs) only under certain value for money terms as well as the sharing of papers via repositories and improvements to digital research infrastructures. UKRI monitors progress on open access, as well as how best to increase the accessibility of the research it funds.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 14/10/2024 12:01:01 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	5044

1726086

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the viability of an amendment to section 180(1)(a) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, to increase the maximum value of employer loans in the context of levels of inflation since the last increase.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Adam Thompson
uin	3323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Within the current benefit in kind tax rules employers are able to provide their employees with a loan, which can be provided tax free, as long as the total value of the loan is below £10,000. This type of loan can be used to make purchases such as train season tickets, most of which are under £10,000, and the employee will then reimburse their employer out of their net salary.</p><p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review. Any decisions on future changes will be taken in the context of the wider public finances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 09/09/2024 12:56:58 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	5044

1726120

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private schools closed in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) upper tier local authority in England between 11 May 2010 and 5 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Adam Thompson
uin	3324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>1102 private schools closed between 11 May 2010 and 5 July 2024.</p><p>The data in the attached table breaks this down into a) Parliamentary constituency and b) Upper tier local authority in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 09/09/2024 14:04:45 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan attachment 1 file name 3324_Copy_of_Private_schools_closed_between_May_2010_and_July_2024.xlsx title 3324_Table
tabling member	5044

1675224

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Development Aid: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department plans to (a) maintain and (b) increase funding for Product Development Partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	5087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) remains committed to investing in Product Development Partnerships and other global health Research and Development organisations. We plan to launch a call for proposals for funding the development of products and technologies to combat diseases of poverty, for use in Low and Lower Middle Income Countries.</p><p>At this stage, FCDO plans to invest approximately £230 million in new funding for product development research for health over a 3 - 4 year period from 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/12/2023 13:49:21 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1675225

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Vaccination: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what funding his Department provided for vaccine research and development in each of the last five years; and what he plans to provide in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	5088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Over the last 5 financial years (2018/19 to 2022/23) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have invested the following amounts in research and development for vaccines to combat diseases of poverty for use in low and lower middle-income countries:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£8,528,752</p></td><td><p>£29,589,803</p></td><td><p>£213,773,395</p></td><td><p>£2,391,511</p></td><td><p>£13,012,567</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To date, FCDO has entered into agreements to invest the following amounts on vaccine Research and Development over the next 5 financial years (2023/24 to 2027/28)*:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>2025/26</p></td><td><p>2026/27</p></td><td><p>2027/28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£17,008,587</p></td><td><p>£18,626,489</p></td><td><p>£17,253,808</p></td><td><p>£17,000,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The overall investment in vaccine development could increase as a result of a planned funding competition for the research and development of health products to combat diseases of poverty.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/12/2023 15:10:46 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1672228

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Community Diagnostic Centres: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a workforce strategy for the community diagnostic centre programme.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	3264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is working on a plan to ensure sufficient workforce capacity, including for community diagnostic centres, to enable workforce expansion with the right skills and roles, in the right locations and at the right time. In 2022/23, this resulted in over 4,300 new starters across the training pipeline for diagnostics and cancer.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/11/2023 15:43:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup