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48088

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons local authorities are inspected by Ofsted separately from schools maintained by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	196164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Inspector has powers to carry out an inspection of the performance of a particular local authority function as set out in Section 136(1)(b) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006. Specifically, he can use this power to inspect how well the local authority is fulfilling its general duty to promote high standards and fulfilment by every child of their educational potential as set out in Section 13A of the Education Act 1996.</p><p> </p><p>These powers are separate from his powers and duties in relation to the inspection of individual schools which are set out in Section 5 and Section 8 of the Education Act 2005. Section 5 requires Her Majesty's Chief Inspector to inspect individual schools at prescribed intervals, and Section 8 Education Act 2005, contains a general power which enables the Chief Inspector to call for the inspection of a school in circumstances where he is not required to inspect.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

49297

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 29 April 2014, Official Report, columns 559-60W and column 560W, on schools: inspections, for what reason local authorities are inspected separately from schools maintained by local authorities but academies are not inspected separately from the head offices of academy chains.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	197382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted can inspect local authorities to see whether they are fulfilling a number of statutory duties. Academy head offices do not have the same statutory duties. However, Ofsted already inspects academy chains through batched inspections. It has recently undertaken focused inspections of academies within E-ACT multi-academy trust, and has previously inspected a group of academies within the AET chain.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

759880

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade in the Westminster Hall debate of 12 September 2017, on foreign direct investment, what steps he plans to take to encourage investment in the (a) devolved nations and (b) regions.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	10286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) promotes trade and investment across all parts of the UK through our overseas network, international events programme, bespoke sector support, online services and regional teams. DIT follows the “UK first” approach, which means we support investors to make or expand their investments in the UK, but do not prioritise certain places or regions within the UK above others.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 20/09/2017 16:55:29 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

759885

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade in the Westminster Hall debate of 12 September 2017, on foreign direct investment, when the decisions were announced on foreign direct investment by the car manufacturers to which the Minister referred.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	10293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Investment decisions by BMW, Toyota and Nissan were announced as follows:</p><ul><li>On 25 July 2017, BMW announced that a fully electric version of the Mini will be built at the Cowley plant in Oxford.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>On 16 March 2017 Toyota Motor Europe announced that it is investing £240 million to upgrade its car plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>On 27 October 2016 Nissan announced it would build the next models of the Qashqai and the X-Trail at its Sunderland plant.</li></ul> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 20/09/2017 16:59:14 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

759886

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade in the Westminster Hall debate of 12 September 2017, on foreign direct investment, what plans he has to prioritise certain industry sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	10287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade prioritises attracting Foreign Direct Investment where it has the most potential to add value to the UK economy.</p><p>This year, we have targeted our global network across a broad range of technology-driven business sectors, based on the opportunity identified in specific overseas markets to bring high value investment into the UK to establish new, or expand existing operations.</p><p>The sectors, based on their strategic importance to the UK economy, include Advanced Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Bio-economy, Energy, Technology, Creative, Financial services, Life Science, and Infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 20/09/2017 13:25:10 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758354

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Sign Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps his Department takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	9005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>DExEU has not been asked to provide this service to date. The department could provide British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters or non-spoken language interpreters, using contracted providers for customers who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/09/2017 13:58:09 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

759890

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade in the Westminster Hall debate of 12 September 2017, on foreign direct investment, what plans he has to maintain regulatory equivalence with key markets.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	10291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to making the UK the best place in the world to do business. As the Prime Minister set out in the White paper &quot;The United Kingdom’s Exit from and new partnership with the European Union&quot;, this will mean fostering a high quality, stable and predictable regulatory environment. We want to minimise the regulatory and market access barriers for both goods and services in trade with the EU. Discussions on regulatory equivalence will form part of the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/09/2017 12:56:59 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176586

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The department has used employment or recruitment agencies to:</p><p> </p><p>a) provide services for DWP under a commercial arrangement (contingent labour), and</p><p>b) support recruitment exercises; identifying people with the skills and experience required to take up permanent employment in the department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information held by the department on the use of employment or recruitment agencies to provide contingent labour workers is incomplete for 2014. The following table provides information for the preceding 4 years and a partial view for 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department also has information on the number of permanent DWP employees recruited through the use of employment or recruitment agencies and this is as follows:-</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15¹</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>¹ To date</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/02/2015 17:16:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748177

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure all patients have a named GP.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	2845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2015, all general practitioner (GP) practices have been required, under the terms of their contract, to allocate a named, accountable GP to all patients, including children.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/07/2017 09:26:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748180

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the GP Forward Review published in April 2016, how many of the 3,000 new mental health therapists referenced in that review have been appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	2846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/07/2017 16:31:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson