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1437079

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people are aware of the availability of apprenticeships in a range of sectors in the context of the finding from the Association of Accounting Technicians that 34 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds believe that apprenticeships are only available for manual labour.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Apprenticeships provide people with the opportunity to earn and learn the skills needed to start an exciting career in a wide range of industries, everything from artificial intelligence, archaeology, data science, business management and banking. We want more young people to benefit from high-quality apprenticeships.</p><p>To encourage more young people to consider apprenticeships, we are promoting apprenticeships in schools and colleges through our Apprenticeship Support &amp; Knowledge programme. This free service provides resources and interventions to help better educate young people about apprenticeships and has reached over 2 million students across England since its introduction in the 2016/17 academic year.</p><p>In January 2021, we announced the introduction of a three-point plan to enforce provider access legislation. This requires that all maintained schools and academies provide opportunities for providers of technical education and apprenticeships to visit schools for the purpose of informing year 8-13 pupils about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. This plan includes creating clear minimum legal requirements, specifying who is to be given access to which pupils and when. This is an important step towards real choice for every pupil.</p><p>The National Careers Service, a free, government-funded careers information, advice and guidance service draws on a range of labour market information to support and guide individuals. The National Careers Service is impartial, and careers guidance is tailored to individual needs. Young people aged 13 to 18 can access ongoing in-depth information, advice and guidance from the service via a helpline, webchat or the National Careers Service website.</p><p>In February during National Apprenticeship Week, I wrote to all year 11, 12 and 13 pupils and their parents to tell them about the great opportunities offered through apprenticeships.</p><p>We offer guidance and support to young people who are considering applying for apprenticeships through our apprenticeship website: <a href="https://www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/</a>, which explains the application stages in a step-by-step process. Students can search for new apprenticeship opportunities on our Find an Apprenticeship (FAA) service, over 19,000 apprenticeship vacancies were advertised on the FAA service in November 2021, details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 08/03/2022 11:55:40 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437080

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices and Graduates: Pay
	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 average salary of a person who has completed (a) an apprenticeship and (b) a university degree; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure parity between those average salaries.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>High quality apprenticeships are available at all levels, from GCSE equivalent at level 2 to undergraduate and master’s degree equivalent at levels 6 and 7. Apprenticeships are undertaken by people of all ages, aged 16 and over, from young people taking the first steps in their careers to older workers looking to retrain or upskill.</p><p>Apprenticeships are jobs with training, created by employers, designed to support an apprentice to achieve occupational competence in that occupation. Apprentices earn while they learn, do not incur tuition fees, and we know that upon completion apprenticeships offer good wage returns. Some apprenticeships may include a mandatory qualification, such as a degree or a professional accreditation.</p><p>Our latest published data, for the tax year 2019/20, shows that five years after study, median annualised earnings for learners who achieved an intermediate (level 2) apprenticeship in the 2013/14 academic year were £20,530. For advanced (level 3) apprenticeships this rose to £21,990, and median annualised earnings five years after study for level 4 higher apprenticeships were £29,180.</p><p>Level 5-7 apprenticeships compare well to the earnings of first-degree graduates five years on, although it is important to note that these apprenticeships span the equivalent of a foundation degree (level 5) to a master’s degree (level 7) and that at this time, level 5+ apprenticeships were a much smaller part of the programme. Our latest comparable data, for tax year 2018/19, show that median first degree graduate annual earnings five years after graduation in the 2012/13 academic year were £27,400, compared to £29,030 for level 5+ apprentices.</p><p>We caution against direct comparison between post-apprenticeship earnings and post-degree earnings due to the range of levels at which an individual can undertake an apprenticeship.</p><p>We are committed to supporting more people to benefit from high quality apprenticeships. We are promoting apprenticeships through our ‘Get the Jump’ and ‘Skills for Life’ campaigns, and we continue to support employers to develop apprenticeships to meet their skills needs and to train apprentices in the ways that work best for them.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 08/03/2022 12:15:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437073

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Cayman Islands: Money Laundering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take in response to the Cayman Island's addition to the EU’s list of high-risk countries for anti-money laundering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>All inhabited Overseas Territories (OTs), including the Cayman Islands, are fully committed to meeting international standards on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing, including those set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The UK supports the OTs in meeting these standards. Following its FATF evaluation in 2019, Cayman was given an extensive list of recommendations and made huge progress on these. Cayman was listed by the FATF in 2021 on the basis of the limited number of outstanding deficiencies, and similarly by the EU in 2022. FATF has since recognised that one deficiency has already been addressed. Cayman is also either 'compliant' or 'largely compliant' with all of FATF technical recommendations on anti-money laundering. We welcome the substantial progress made to date by the Cayman Islands Government and their commitment to address the remaining areas identified by the FATF and the EU. The OTs have demonstrated that they are responsible jurisdictions, with a strong track record of full cooperation with the UK in matters relating to taxation, fighting financial crime and countering terrorist finance.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 09/03/2022 10:53:00 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437082

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the risk to national security between 2008 and 2015 of people awarded Tier 1 investor visas.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Secretary’s reasons for closing the Tier 1 (Investor) route were set out in her Written Statement of 21 February, which confirmed the review of the operation of the route between 2008 and 2015 is being finalised and it is our aim to publish it in the near future.</p><p>Find further information here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-02-21/hcws614" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-02-21/hcws614</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/03/2022 13:12:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437069

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Equity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to encourage landlords to offer housing credits or equity in the housing that they are renting to tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of this. We are committed to giving tenants in the private rented sector greater security and will be publishing a White Paper later this Spring to set out more details on how we will abolish section 21 evictions that allow a landlord to evict a tenant without providing a reason.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 09/03/2022 17:48:31 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437070

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to increase housing security for retired pensioners.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring older people can live in the right kind of homes that suit their needs, in places where they want to live. A new government taskforce, as announced in the Levelling Up White Paper, will look at the ways we can provide greater security, choice and quality of housing for older people. Further details on the scope of the taskforce work will be confirmed in due course.</p><p>The Department will also publish a White Paper this Spring, which will set out proposals to create a fairer private rented sector and we will bring forward legislation in due course. We recognise that the change in size and makeup of the private rented sector, with an increasing number of older people now renting their homes, means there is a growing need for longer and more stable tenancies. As part of the package of reforms, we intend to repeal Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 to improve security for tenants by putting an end to evictions where the landlord does not have to give a reason.</p><p>We will also give consideration to the impact of our reforms on people with protected characteristics, including the impact on older people.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 09/03/2022 17:38:59 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437053

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the evidential basis for his Department's decision to use 11.5 per cent as the median Alcohol by Volume point for changes in duty on wine in the Alcohol Duty Review.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text The Government believes the proposed single duty rate for wine strikes an appropriate balance between the current duty rates on still, sparkling and fortified wine. Further detail about the impact of alcohol duty reforms on revenue, businesses and public health will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way. answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 132176 132177 question first answered 07/03/2022 10:14:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437056

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his assessment of the median point of ABV of wine sold in the UK by volume over the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text The Government believes the proposed single duty rate for wine strikes an appropriate balance between the current duty rates on still, sparkling and fortified wine. Further detail about the impact of alcohol duty reforms on revenue, businesses and public health will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way. answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 132175 132177 question first answered 07/03/2022 10:14:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437057

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment for (a) taxation generation, (b) impact on business, and (c) health outcomes of using median points above or below 11.5 per cent for changes in duty on wine in the Alcohol Duty Review.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text The Government believes the proposed single duty rate for wine strikes an appropriate balance between the current duty rates on still, sparkling and fortified wine. Further detail about the impact of alcohol duty reforms on revenue, businesses and public health will be included in a tax information and impact note when the policy is final, or near final, in the usual way. answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 132175 132176 question first answered 07/03/2022 10:14:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1437083

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to ensure that new guidelines to replace Tier 1 investor visas make provision for appropriate safeguarding of people who are deemed to be a threat to national security.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	132193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>We have announced alternative provisions will be made to cater for genuine, legitimate and professional investment into the UK entrepreneurial eco-system under extended provisions within the Innovator visa scheme. These will incorporate the necessary security provisions as a key priority.</p><p>Further details already announced on our proposals can be found within the statement published at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Ftier-1-investor-visa-route-closes-over-security-concerns&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKeeley.Touhey%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C70072b77f8b64b39366a08d9fc278046%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637818068842880219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=KZ4CNKNc5ameGTBNKjhT8%2FIP5uheNiG%2BC8dtlA%2BngfI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Tier 1 Investor Visa route closes over security concerns - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Any application to enter the UK, irrespective of the route of entry, can be refused where there are national security concerns.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2022 15:23:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56463 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell