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731948

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will provide an update on the status of the case of the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton's constituent, as detailed in the letter of 14 December 2016 on the Serious Fraud Investigation into allegations concerning GPT and the conduct of its business in Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Progress is being made on the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into allegations concerning GPT and aspects of the conduct of their business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, as was the position in December 2016, it would not be appropriate for me to discuss the status of a live criminal investigation further at this stage.</p><p>When it is appropriate to do so the SFO publish updates on the status of the GPT case on their website. The most recent information can be found at: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/cases/gpt-special-project-management-ltd/" target="_blank">www.sfo.gov.uk/cases/gpt-special-project-management-ltd/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/06/2017 11:03:30 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

631054

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in the civil service have learning disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	52010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Service is committed to becoming the UK’s most inclusive employer and therefore needs to recruit, retain and progress the very best disabled civil servants.</p><p>The Civil Service publishes annual statistics, through the Office of National Statistics, on the number of disabled employees, which stood at 9.2%* in March 2016. Information on the specific nature of an employee’s disability is not collected centrally.</p><p>Line managers are responsible for holding confidential discussions with their disabled colleagues to consider the impact of disability in the workplace, whether visible or non-visible, and for putting in place workplace adjustments to remove any barriers.</p><p> </p><p><em>*This figure is based on Civil Servants, who have recorded their disability status, as ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on departmental HR Systems. It is not mandatory for employees to record their disability status and employees are not asked for details of the specific nature of their disability of health condition.</em></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/11/2016 14:14:59 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

693173

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to provide support to businesses in rural areas affected by increases in business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	65225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support to businesses, including those in rural areas, which face an increase in rates. My Department is working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. We expect to be in a position to make an announcement on this at the Budget.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/03/2017 17:48:46 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

693176

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes in business rates on businesses located in areas where there is population of (a) 10,000 or less and (b) 3,000 or less.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	65204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The effect of the revaluation of business rates on businesses in areas where there is population of 10,000 or less and 3,000 or less will depend on the specific circumstances and location of the relevant property. A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support to properties which face an increase in rates. My Department is working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. We expect to be in a position to make an announcement on this at the Budget.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/03/2017 16:48:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

693177

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the data included in the table produced for non-domestic rating: 2010 and 2017 revaluation rateable values by country, region and SCat code for business located in areas where the population is (a) 10,000 or less and (b) 3,000 or less.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	65205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The data held by the Valuation Office Agency is not broken down by population size, so it is not possible to produce the statistics requested on rateable values in areas where the population is (a) 10,000 or less and (b) 3,000 or less.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/03/2017 17:26:15 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

672072

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, published in March 2016, what progress has been made on establishing a fund to help the brightest students in state schools to fulfil their potential.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	59865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>In the Educational Excellence Everywhere White Paper, the Government committed to ‘investigate, fund and evaluate approaches to help the brightest students in state schools to fulfil their potential’.</p><p>The Government is currently consulting on plans which will help to create more opportunities for all pupils, including the most able, through proposals to increase the number of good schools places, including selective places. In addition, Departmental officials are assessing the best ways to support the most academically able pupils across the full range of state schools, particularly those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. We will announce our plans in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/01/2017 17:25:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

672075

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the progress being made by the Careers and Enterprise Company to help young people into work in the opportunity areas identified by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	59741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>Helping all young people to get the careers education and guidance they need to climb the ladder of opportunity is crucial to delivering real social justice. We are investing £90m over this Parliament to ensure that every young person has equal access to the life-changing advice and inspiration that they need to fulfil their potential and succeed in life. This includes further funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to continue the excellent work it has started. The Company is targeting careers ‘cold spots’ and is making good progress to support young people in Opportunity Areas.</p><p>The Company has been working with employer representative bodies and local partners to align efforts to support the specific commitments that businesses could make to schools and colleges in these areas. The Company has also launched the second round of its Careers and Enterprise Fund, £1 million of which will specifically support young people in the six Opportunity Areas announced last year. This will ensure that young people get the right experiences with employers, to better prepare them for the world of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 31/01/2017 16:27:01 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

672076

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking in order to encourage more businesses to get involved with the work of the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC); and how many businesses are working with the CEC.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	59742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company are continuing to make excellent progress to transform the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with employer representative bodies to encourage businesses to get involved with the work of the Company. In 2015 we commissioned the Company to set up the Enterprise Adviser Network – a network, operating through Local Enterprise Partnerships, that coordinates employer volunteers working in schools and colleges to support their careers and enterprise strategies and improve links with business. Since the launch of the Network, over 1300 Enterprise Advisers from more than 800 businesses are working with over 1300 schools and colleges to support their careers and enterprise provision. The Company also works in close partnership with employer representative bodies to strengthen the links between schools, colleges and employers.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 23/01/2017 12:58:12 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

686992

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Antibiotics: Primary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce compulsory education on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance as part of the primary school curriculum.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	63726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce compulsory education on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance as part of the primary school curriculum. We would expect this to be covered in the secondary science curriculum as part of the curriculum that covers health, disease and the development of medicines during Key Stage 4, and is part of the new GCSEs in biology or combined science. Key Stage 4 is the most appropriate point at which to teach this topic, as by this time, pupils will have been taught the foundational knowledge they will need to properly understand it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2017 11:56:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

672095

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fisheries: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU fishery regulations will be transferred to domestic legislation through the Great Repeal Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	59729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>We are currently analysing all EU fisheries legislation. No decision has yet been made on the extent to which the EU legislation governing the Common Fisheries Policy will be incorporated into domestic law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/01/2017 12:06:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake