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1082332

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pension Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of pension sharing orders relating to police pensions; and if he will review his policy to ensure that people in receipt of police pensions are not disadvantaged by such orders in the event that they become divorced.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	228791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Pension sharing is one way in which the pension entitlements of divorcing parties may be split. It is governed by legislation which applies generally to pensions on divorce. Following pension sharing, a pension for the ex-spouse is calculated using actuarial guidance as prescribed. We have no plans to make changes to the pension sharing arrangements for the police pension scheme.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/03/2019 16:18:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1050622

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	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	Nappies: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many disposable nappies have been recycled in the UK in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	214133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not have data on how many disposable nappies have been recycled in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>I met Procter &amp; Gamble who have developed a technology to recycle nappies and I understand they are in discussions with several local authorities to establish a facility in the UK. The Government wants to encourage more recycling and to make it easier for households to recycle. In our Resources and Waste Strategy, which was published in December 2018, more is said on how we will encourage recycling and make it easier to understand.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/02/2019 14:53:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1023109

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress has been made on the creation of local industrial strategies.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	908143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We will work with all Local Enterprise Partnerships and Mayoral Combined Authorities across England to develop Local Industrial Strategies.</p><p> </p><p>We have already been working with Greater Manchester, West Midlands, and partners across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc to develop ‘trailblazer’ Local Industrial Strategies, which we expect to be completed in the first half of next year.</p><p> </p><p>We will then be working with a second ‘wave’ of places including the Leicester &amp; Leicestershire LEP that covers Harborough.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/12/2018 14:56:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1060051

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Blood: Medical Treatments
	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 make immunoglobulin therapy available for the treatment of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	220333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Immunoglobulins are not currently licensed for the treatment of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). However, immunoglobulin therapy may be used ‘off-label’, if there are no other alternative licensed products available and the physician considers that immunoglobin therapy is appropriate to address the clinical need in order to manage a patient with MCAS. This decision, under the full responsibility of the physician, will need to be made following discussion between the physician and the patient.</p><p> </p><p>In order to gain a licence for the use of immunoglobulin therapy for the treatment of MCAS, a Marketing Authorisation Holder would have to submit a variation to their Marketing Authorisation to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) with a dossier compiled of safety and efficacy data. Specialist assessors would review the dossier and a variation to the Marketing Authorisation would only be granted if it is determined that the benefits of the product outweigh any potential risks of using the product in its proposed indication.</p><p> </p><p>The MHRA provides a scientific advice service to Marketing Authorisation Holders regarding their submissions should they request it.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/02/2019 16:45:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1063829

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the electrification of the Midland Main line to Market Harborough.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	222764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail has been instructed to design an extension of electrification infrastructure from Kettering to Market Harborough station, as part of the Midland Main Line enhancements programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) extension to Market Harborough will enable a new connection to a power supply at Braybrooke. At Outline Business Case stage in March 2018 this was determined to be the best value for money option for making the power supply connection. In line with normal practice, this will be tested again when the overall Midland Main Line programme Key Output 1a, of which Market Harborough electrification is a constituent part, is assessed at Full Business Case stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2019 16:49:31 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1087716

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to move civil service jobs out of London in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	909770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have established the Places for Growth Programme to relocate Civil Service roles into the regions and nations. This will see at least 1,000 roles moved by 2022 and thousands more by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The programme is reinforcing the Government’s commitment to driving economic growth across the UK through local industrial strategies, devolution deals and city deals.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/03/2019 15:28:52 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058771

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who previously had (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100 and (i) 101 or more convictions, were convicted in each of the last three years and received an immediate custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>This data covers the period year ending June 2016 – year ending June 2018 and is broken down by offenders who previously had (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100, and (i) 101 or more convictions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2019 12:04:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ219591 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058728

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) community and (b) immediate custodial sentences were issued for convictions of violent offences in each year since 1993.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of offenders sentenced for violent offences, and the number of offenders sentenced overall, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>This data covers the period 1993 – 2017 and is broken down by offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody, and those who received a community sentence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 219589 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:43:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ219589 and 219590 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058726

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders and Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) community sentence and (b) custodial sentence disposals there were in each year since 1993.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of offenders sentenced for violent offences, and the number of offenders sentenced overall, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>This data covers the period 1993 – 2017 and is broken down by offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody, and those who received a community sentence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 219590 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:43:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ219589 and 219590 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058725

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many training places are available at each prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>This data is maintained at local level and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate in England and Wales, there are a number of prisons with different predominant functions and various amounts of capacity. Closed training prisons provide a range of facilities for category B or category C prisoners who are serving medium to long-term sentences and offer a variety of activities in prison workshops, gardens, educational courses and offending behaviour programmes. Capacity data is available online which could be used to quantify the total capacity of the training estate. The links below can be used to access function and capacity:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>A list of prisons classified by predominant function can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prisons-and-their-resettlement-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prisons-and-their-resettlement-providers</a></p><p> </p><p>Our Education and Employment Strategy published in May 2018 sets out our clear intention to ensure that more offenders leave prison with the basic skills that are essential to entering the workplace, and with the skills employers need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 219585 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:42:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058724

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Governors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of tenure is for prison governors in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We commend our hard working governors, who do a vital job in protecting the public every day.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30<sup>th</sup> September 2018, the average length of service in current post, for prison governors in England and Wales, was 2.6 years.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2019 11:44:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058723

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the median wage of people on Release On Temporary License by each Category D prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally in the format requested and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2019 11:41:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058722

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of available space for (a) work, (b) education and (c) training in each prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>This data is maintained at local level and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate in England and Wales, there are a number of prisons with different predominant functions and various amounts of capacity. Closed training prisons provide a range of facilities for category B or category C prisoners who are serving medium to long-term sentences and offer a variety of activities in prison workshops, gardens, educational courses and offending behaviour programmes. Capacity data is available online which could be used to quantify the total capacity of the training estate. The links below can be used to access function and capacity:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>A list of prisons classified by predominant function can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prisons-and-their-resettlement-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prisons-and-their-resettlement-providers</a></p><p> </p><p>Our Education and Employment Strategy published in May 2018 sets out our clear intention to ensure that more offenders leave prison with the basic skills that are essential to entering the workplace, and with the skills employers need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 219588 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:42:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058720

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Governors: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by HM Prison and Probation Service on travel costs for prison governors and their senior leadership team by region and prison for each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 219583 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:43:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1058719

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Governors: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison and Probation Service spent on hotel accommodation for the prison governor and senior leadership team (a) of each prison and (b) in each region in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	219583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 219584 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:43:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1056831

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2019 to Question 214134 on Debt Collection, how many certified enforcement officers have lost their licence to enforce debts since April 2014 as a consequence of a judicial order following a judgment that they were not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	218392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Information held centrally by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service does not record how many certified enforcement agents have lost their certificate to enforce debts as a result of a judicial order that they were not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/02/2019 14:54:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1055263

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who previously had (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100 and (i) 101 or more convictions, were convicted in each of the last three years but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	217153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The data relate to convictions for all criminal offences, imprisonable and non-imprisonable. Non-imprisonable offences will never result in a custodial sentence: the maximum penalty is a fine. Sentencing must match the severity of the crime. We will always hold in prison those criminals whose offences are so grave that no other penalty will suffice. However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing short sentences do not work in helping some offenders turn their backs on crime. The number of people convicted of (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50, (g) between 51 and 75, (h) between 76 and 100 and (i) 101 or more convictions, who were convicted in each of the last three years but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 15:00:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 217153 ResponseTable.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1050623

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) certified enforcement and (b) high-court officers have lost their licence to enforce debts since April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	214134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>According to the data held by the Ministry of Justice, since April 2014, 337 individuals have had their certificate to act as a certificated enforcement agent cancelled by the county court. Reasons for cancelling a certificate include an agent leaving his or her employer, ceasing to work as an enforcement agent or by a judicial order following a judgement that they are not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.</p><p>Since 2014, no High Court Enforcement Officers have had their licence revoked as a result of a complaint.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/02/2019 12:18:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1047781

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of (a) between one and four (b) between five and nine, (c) between 10 and 15 (d) between 16 and 25, (e) between 26 and 50, (f) between 51 and 75, (g) between 76 and 100 and (h) 101 or more convictions in each of the last three years did not receive a custodial sentence for any such offence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	212454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of people convicted of (a) between one and four (b) between five and nine, (c) between 10 and 15 (d) between 16 and 25, (e) between 26 and 50, (f) between 51 and 75, (g) between 76 and 100 and (h) 101 or more convictions in each of the last three years who did not receive a custodial sentence for any such offence can be viewed in the table. These data include convictions for all criminal offences, including those that do not attract a custodial sentence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/02/2019 15:05:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 212454 Response Table 1.xlsx title Frequency of Convictions
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1023334

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: CCTV
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of installing and upgrading CCTV cameras across the prison estate in each of the last five years in each category (a) A and (b) B prison.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	201267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The safety and security of prisons is a top priority.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons already use body searches, metal-detecting scanners and drug detection dogs, and we have invested £7 million in modern technology, including phone blocking technology and improved searching techniques. As announced recently in the Budget, we will now spend an extra £30 million this financial year to further improve decency, safety and security in prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not disclose details of our prison security defence capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security. Additionally, complete information on the cost of installing and upgrading CCTV in prisons could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. For the financial year 2018-2019, the Ministry of Justice has 52 separate projects pertaining to the installation/upgrade of CCTV within prisons, at a cost of £2,213,769.93.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 201264 201265 question first answered 04/02/2019 15:58:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 92884 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1023331

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: CCTV
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average proportion of space accessible to prisoners which is covered by CCTV camera in each category (a) A and (b) B prison.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	201265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The safety and security of prisons is a top priority.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons already use body searches, metal-detecting scanners and drug detection dogs, and we have invested £7 million in modern technology, including phone blocking technology and improved searching techniques. As announced recently in the Budget, we will now spend an extra £30 million this financial year to further improve decency, safety and security in prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not disclose details of our prison security defence capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security. Additionally, complete information on the cost of installing and upgrading CCTV in prisons could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. For the financial year 2018-2019, the Ministry of Justice has 52 separate projects pertaining to the installation/upgrade of CCTV within prisons, at a cost of £2,213,769.93.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 201264 201267 question first answered 04/02/2019 15:58:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 92883 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1023329

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: CCTV
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many CCTV cameras there are in each category (a) A and (b) B prison.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	201264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The safety and security of prisons is a top priority.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons already use body searches, metal-detecting scanners and drug detection dogs, and we have invested £7 million in modern technology, including phone blocking technology and improved searching techniques. As announced recently in the Budget, we will now spend an extra £30 million this financial year to further improve decency, safety and security in prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not disclose details of our prison security defence capability, including our use of CCTV, for reasons of operational security. Additionally, complete information on the cost of installing and upgrading CCTV in prisons could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. For the financial year 2018-2019, the Ministry of Justice has 52 separate projects pertaining to the installation/upgrade of CCTV within prisons, at a cost of £2,213,769.93.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 201265 201267 question first answered 04/02/2019 15:58:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 92882 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1038030

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average per pupil funding rate was for (a) GCSE students and (b) A-level students in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	206470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The core schools budget has been protected in real terms since 2010 and is set to rise from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to over £43.5 billion in 2019/20 with increasing pupil numbers.</p><p>The introduction of the national funding formula for schools (NFF) in 2018/19 means that, for the first time, school funding will be distributed to local authorities based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country. This is directing resources where they are needed most, providing transparency and predictability for schools, and addressing historic disparities between areas. For example, Coventry received £510 more per pupil than Plymouth despite having equal proportions of pupils eligible for free school meals and Nottingham similarly attracted £555 more than Halton. These disparities had persisted for nearly a decade, with little or no justification.</p><p>Under the NFF, the basic per pupil funding amount for Key Stage 4 pupils is £4,386. Pupils may also attract additional funding through other NFF factors or through other funding streams, such as the pupil premium. Pupils in areas which face higher labour costs will also have the per pupil amount they attract increased by the relevant area cost adjustment, in recognition of those costs.</p><p>To provide stability for schools, local authorities continue to be responsible for designing the distribution of funding in their areas. Because of this, local authorities can continue to set their own base funding rates for Key Stage 4 pupils, which can vary from the figure above.</p><p>Before 2018-19, the Department did not distinguish between key stages when allocating funding to local authorities through the dedicated schools grant. Each local authority will have set their own funding rates for Key Stage 4 pupils for each year in this period.</p><p>Students who take A levels typically do so as part of 16 to 19 study programmes. The Department does not separately identify the per student funding rate for students taking A levels rather than other qualifications in their study programmes. The base rate of funding for 16 to 19 study programmes is £4,000 per year for full-time 16 and 17-year-old students. Additional funding is provided on top of this through the 16-19 funding formula, to cover, for example, the needs of disadvantaged students, and to provide extra funding support for high attaining students who study four or five A levels. The £4,000 rate has been in place since the current formula was introduced in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/01/2019 17:51:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 94841 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1038029

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the ratio of funding rates for (a) all secondary education and (b) upper secondary education in (i) the UK, (ii) France (iii) Germany and (iv) the US.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	206469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department uses internationally comparable data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to assess how our funding compares internationally. This includes figures published by the OECD on expenditure on educational institutions per full-time equivalent student, for upper secondary programmes and all secondary programmes. The UK has higher total government expenditure on primary and secondary educational institutions per student than all G7 countries bar the US. The expenditure is above the OECD average.</p><p>The data on expenditure by phase of education, including a breakdown for upper secondary programmes and all secondary programmes, is available in Table C1.1 of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2018 publication at the following link: <a href="https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2018/total-expenditure-on-educational-institutions-per-full-time-equivalent-student-2015_eag-2018-table133-en" target="_blank">https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2018/total-expenditure-on-educational-institutions-per-full-time-equivalent-student-2015_eag-2018-table133-en</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/01/2019 12:20:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 94840 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1037998

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the per student funding rate for T levels will compare to the rate for A levels.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	206468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>​T levels will be larger and more demanding than current equivalent programmes, and the government has announced the investment of an additional £500 million a year to support providers to deliver T levels once they are fully rolled out.</p><p>​The funding rates for T level programmes will be higher than for existing study programmes, and are subject to a public consultation which was published on 27 November 2018 and will close on 19 February 2019 – available at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/fe-funding/t-level-funding-methodology/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/fe-funding/t-level-funding-methodology/</a>. The consultation document proposes that T level funding rates will vary depending on the size of the T level, with the smallest attracting a rate of £4,170 per year and the largest £5,835. As set out in the T levels funding consultation document, additional funding would also be provided on top of these rates through the funding formula.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/01/2019 12:28:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1037997

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of A level results at (a) sixth form colleges and (b) other institutions teaching A levels in terms of (i) absolute attainment and (ii) progress.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	206467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes the attainment and progress scores for students in each institution type[1]. The latest table for A level attainment (provisional figures for 2017/18) and value added scores (revised figures for 2016/17) can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>On January 24 2019 the revised figures for 2017/18 will be released and will include the first release of value added figures for 2017/18.<sup> 1</sup></p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years</a>. Select the revised publication for each year (provisional is the latest release for 2017/18) and open the national tables. Table 1a provides figures on A level attainment, table 1e provides figures for value added scores. Future publications will be available from this link.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2019 14:40:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 206467_A_Level_attainment_by_institution_type.pdf title 206467_A_Level_attainment_by_institution_type
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien