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1142104

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to implement the High Court judgment in R (Woods, Barrett and Stewart) v SSWP CO/1552/2018 case of 11 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	282453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-18/266261/" target="_blank">266261</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/09/2019 13:36:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1142106

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Biometrics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of free points for biometrics was per 10,000 visa applications for 2018 against the projected number of free points for biometrics per 10,000 visa applications in 2020 on current projections of visa applications.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	282455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available. <br> <br>We offer free points for biometric submission (photo and fingerprints) in the UK through the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) or overseas through Visa Application Centres (VACs). <br> <br>In the UK, prior to UKVCAS customers were able to submit their biometrics in over 100 Post Office locations. Since the rollout of UKVCAS in November 2018 customers have been able to submit their biometrics and supporting evidence simultaneously through UKVCAS service points which are run by Sopra Steria (SSL) on behalf of UKVI. <br> <br>There are currently six core sites across the UK at which application submission services are offered for no additional charge on top of that already paid to UKVI and beyond that, a range of enhanced services in a further 50 locations. The UKVCAS core service points offer appointments up to 35 days in advance and free appointments are available Monday to Friday between 10:00 and 16:00. Any appointments outside these times, and those at enhanced service points, are subject to additional charges. <br> <br>Overseas, in 99 Visa Application Centres (VACs) across 57 countries, VFS Global and TLS Connect offer customers application submission services for no additional charge on top of the visa application fee. <br> <br>In 149 locations across 105 countries, customers have the option of attending a premium only centre or submitting their biometrics through a User Pay VAC, all of which incur an additional fee. Both commercial partners allow customers to book appointments within a four week rolling window and appointments outside of core hours are subject to additional charges.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/09/2019 16:24:31 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1142107

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sopra Steria: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalties have been issued to Sopra Steria for contract non-compliance; and what the cost is of those penalties.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	282456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The information is available from Contract Finder at (Full contract) <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec5031ea-021e-471a-86cf-af540e8d8efa%20" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec5031ea-021e-471a-86cf-af540e8d8efa </a>and specifically Service levels and Performance Indicators at Schedule 7 of the contract.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/09/2019 16:18:23 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1142108

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Furniture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of purchasing and importing furniture to Downing Street in July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	282457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>No funds have been allocated or spent.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 282452 question first answered 03/09/2019 08:32:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1141453

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Office for Students has taken since its establishment to assess the adequacy of provision of mental health services and student support at universities.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	281119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In our latest guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), we asked that it continue its work to support student experience, with a focus on wellbeing and mental health.</p><p>Where a provider has significant gaps in outcomes between students with a declared mental health condition and their peers, the OfS require providers to set out an ambitious strategy to narrow these gaps and promote equality of opportunity, as part of their access and participation plans.</p><p>The OfS also regulates at a sector level to share evidence and examples of effective and innovative practice. On 5 June 2019, the OfS announced the award of almost £6 million for 10 large-scale projects through a challenge competition, encouraging higher education providers to find new ways of combating student mental health issues. The OfS has commissioned a programme-level evaluation to gather what works most effectively and to disseminate learning across the sector.</p><p>On 17 June 2019, the government announced a £1 million fund for a further OfS challenge competition to find innovative proposals that drive improvements in mental health support for higher education students.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/09/2019 06:52:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1142105

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to support people affected by the Equitable Life scandal.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	282454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In 2010 the government allocated up to £1.5bn, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders. More detail on the history of the action taken on this issue can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/09/2019 08:16:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1141452

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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 his Department has made of the effect of the removal of student bursaries on differences in trends of the number of (a) students, (b) mature students and (c) part-time students on nursing courses in England.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	281118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017, the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration nurse training in England. New nursing, midwifery and allied health profession students studying in England moved from National Health Service bursaries to the standard student support system. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation, secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the NHS, and enable universities to create additional nurse training places.</p><p>The standard student support system means that a typical student nurse has 25% more money to live on while they are studying than under the bursary system (albeit in the form of a student loan rather than a grant).</p><p>The interim People Plan published on 3 June 2019 sets out some of the steps needed to ensure the NHS in England have the staff they need to deliver high quality care, including growing our nursing workforce by 40,000 in the next five years.</p><p>The most recent data available from UCAS covers the B7 group of courses (nursing and midwifery courses aggregated together) rather than nursing. It is the latest position on the number of acceptances to nursing and midwifery courses as of 30 August 2019. Data for 2019 and the equivalent time point in previous years is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Acceptances to nursing and midwifery courses two weeks after the start of clearing. All applicants to English providers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Academic year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing and midwifery</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptances 2 weeks after A-level results day</p></td><td><p>20,300</p></td><td><p>21,490</p></td><td><p>20,180</p></td><td><p>19,350</p></td><td><p>20,190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: UCAS clearing analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Nursing specific data, up to and including the 2018 end of cycle is shown in the following table. This data will be updated in December 2018.</p><p>The number of students over the last five years who accepted a place to study nursing at university is shown in the following table.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on part-time student trends.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Acceptances to nursing courses at English providers over the last five years</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Academic year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing course acceptances</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All acceptances</p></td><td><p>19,025</p></td><td><p>19,305</p></td><td><p>20,415</p></td><td><p>19,515</p></td><td><p>19,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acceptances from those aged 20+</p></td><td><p>13,030</p></td><td><p>13,230</p></td><td><p>14,065</p></td><td><p>12,845</p></td><td><p>12,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: UCAS end of cycle data, 2018</p><p>Note:</p><p>- The 2016/17 academic year was the final year students starting a degree in nursing were eligible for the bursary.</p><p>- Students aged 21+ are classified as mature students for university funding purposes. The closest category in the UCAS end of cycle data was for those aged 20+.</p><p>- Nursing courses include adult, children’s, dual, learning disability, and mental health nursing.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:17:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1141455

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of instances where a driver’s details have been released to a controlled third party by the DVLA in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	281121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency routinely publishes information online on who it shares data with and the number of enquiries made. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/who-dvla-shares-data-with" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/who-dvla-shares-data-with</a></p><p> </p><p>The data is available from April 2015 and is updated every three months. Information from before April 2015 could only be provided at disproportionate cost as a scan of the relevant databases would be required to gather historic data.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA complies with all applicable data protection laws when processing personal information.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 15:56:22 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1142267

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Sheep Meat: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the gross value in pounds sterling of Welsh lamb exports to the EU in 2017 based on trade with the EU under WTO Most Favoured Nation terms.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	282535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government’s preferred position is to leave the EU with a deal that works for all parts of the UK, at which point the WTO MFN terms would not apply. It should be noted that data for lamb exports is not published at a regional level.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 03/09/2019 09:01:50 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens