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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

786893

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to table a resolution to the UN to establish an ad hoc committee to develop an international agreement for the barring of animal testing for cosmetics.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	112437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to table a resolution to the United Nations to establish an ad hoc committee to develop an international agreement for the barring of animal testing for cosmetics.</p><p>The UK was the first country in the world to ban cosmetics being tested on animals. We are keen to share our knowledge and best practice globally to support the ending of cosmetics testing on animals in favour of non-animal alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/11/2017 17:31:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794441

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason the figures in the Red Book, published on 22 November show growth in exports of goods and services in the UK falling from 3.4% in 2018 to 0.1% in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	115414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Budget takes its trade projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) autumn forecast. Details of the OBR’s forecast can be found in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook for November 2017. As the OBR stresses, there is considerable uncertainty around these forecasts.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 13:13:32 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794443

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his Oral Answer on 23 November 2017, what criteria he used to locate staff from the Export Hub on Small Business Saturday.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	115416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Export Hub is invited to locations across the UK, and has so far visited 23<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">5</del> sites. Any Member of Parliament is able to request for the Export Hub to visit their constituency.</p><p>The logistics for managing the Export Hub is contracted through an external company.</p><p>Many cross-party MPs have spoken highly of the work of the Export Hub at the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Monthly MPs Briefings which the DIT Ministerial team hosts.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/11/2017 17:55:44 question first ministerially corrected 30/11/2017 11:52:32 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 25634 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794442

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his oral Answer on 23 November, what discussion he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the additional funding for his Department following the Autumn Budget 2017 and how many additional staff he plans to recruit as a result of that additional funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	115415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced in Budget, a further £3 billion has been set aside for Brexit preparations over the next two years, and the Department will work with HM Treasury, to ensure it receives the additional funding it needs in 2018-19. The number of additional staff recruited will be agreed as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 01/12/2017 13:30:11 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794570

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Antidumping Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his oral contribution on 23 November, what representations he has received from business organisations on the application of the lesser duty rule after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	115543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Sefton Central to the answer I gave to the Hon Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central today, UIN: 115256.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 04/12/2017 11:24:22 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

800730

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2017 to Question 115544, if he will publish the names of the five organisations that made representations on the inclusion of social and environmental criteria, in the remit of the Trade Remedies Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	117351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Representations were received, in writing and during meetings, from (two) industry representative bodies and (three) trade union organisations.</p><p>We will be publishing a response to the Department’s White Paper consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 11/12/2017 17:14:17 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

800499

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2017 to Question 115414, what steps he plans to take to increase growth in exports of goods and services beyond the level forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	117120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is pursuing a number of initiatives aimed at boosting UK goods and services exports. It already has a network of 177 posts across 108 countries both inside and outside the EU, and provides firms with practical and financial assistance to help them succeed when exporting or expanding globally.</p><p>Additionally, on 1 December the Government announced its Export Strategy Review, to consider how the UK can encourage and support British businesses to take advantage of the huge potential to grow exports.</p><p>The UK is also promoting the services of UK Export Finance (UKEF), including having launched a new product recently to help SMEs have access to financial support for their supply chains.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 07/12/2017 15:11:30 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

798007

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2017 to Question 115425 on small businesses, what the (a) rate of default was on loans provided by UK export finance during the period to which that answer refers and (b) cost to the UK Exchequer of such defaults.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	116914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided £14 billion of support for UK exports in the last five financial years to March 2017. UKEF operates at no net cost to the taxpayer and seeks to recover the full amount of any claims paid. UKEF also charges a premium to reflect the risk it assumes. In that time, claims paid by UKEF on this support totalled £8.6m, which represents 0.06% of the support issued.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 07/12/2017 17:37:37 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 27385 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson