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1688281

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Quantum Technology: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 29 of the National Quantum Strategy published on 15 March 2023, how much funding her Department has provided for the expansion of STEM Learning’s Quantum Ambassador schools outreach programme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <ol><li>The Department has agreed to provide grant funding of £96,102 to STEM Learning to support the expansion of their Quantum Ambassador Programme.</li><li>The Department is developing a quantum apprenticeship programme. This programme will complement existing measures to train skilled technicians, including the National Physical Laboratory apprenticeship scheme, which can include deployments within their quantum department. The Quantum Skills Taskforce is considering apprenticeships and technical education, which will inform our approach to the technician workforce.</li><li>The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) recently ran a funding competition for Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). The results of this funding competition, including the CDTs focussed on quantum technologies, will be announced in due course.</li><li>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade is responsible for the Global Talent Network. Our departments are working together to engage businesses developing quantum technologies to understand their skills needs and any specific roles that would benefit from promotion to international talent. Through the Global Talent Network, those roles are then actively promoted to talent in the United States through events and newsletters. This activity is complemented by the Government’s GREAT Talent campaign, which deploys marketing to promote the UK as a top destination to work and live amongst highly skilled migrants with skills in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and life sciences in the United States and India.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 13606 13607 13608 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:15:38 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1688282

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Quantum Technology: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled National Quantum Strategy, published on 15 March 2023, what steps she is taking to train more skilled technicians in the UK for the UK quantum sector.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <ol><li>The Department has agreed to provide grant funding of £96,102 to STEM Learning to support the expansion of their Quantum Ambassador Programme.</li><li>The Department is developing a quantum apprenticeship programme. This programme will complement existing measures to train skilled technicians, including the National Physical Laboratory apprenticeship scheme, which can include deployments within their quantum department. The Quantum Skills Taskforce is considering apprenticeships and technical education, which will inform our approach to the technician workforce.</li><li>The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) recently ran a funding competition for Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). The results of this funding competition, including the CDTs focussed on quantum technologies, will be announced in due course.</li><li>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade is responsible for the Global Talent Network. Our departments are working together to engage businesses developing quantum technologies to understand their skills needs and any specific roles that would benefit from promotion to international talent. Through the Global Talent Network, those roles are then actively promoted to talent in the United States through events and newsletters. This activity is complemented by the Government’s GREAT Talent campaign, which deploys marketing to promote the UK as a top destination to work and live amongst highly skilled migrants with skills in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and life sciences in the United States and India.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 13605 13607 13608 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:15:38 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1688283

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Quantum Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled National Quantum Strategy, published on 15 March 2023, what steps she is taking to deliver a quantum priority stream in the UK Global Talent Network.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <ol><li>The Department has agreed to provide grant funding of £96,102 to STEM Learning to support the expansion of their Quantum Ambassador Programme.</li><li>The Department is developing a quantum apprenticeship programme. This programme will complement existing measures to train skilled technicians, including the National Physical Laboratory apprenticeship scheme, which can include deployments within their quantum department. The Quantum Skills Taskforce is considering apprenticeships and technical education, which will inform our approach to the technician workforce.</li><li>The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) recently ran a funding competition for Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). The results of this funding competition, including the CDTs focussed on quantum technologies, will be announced in due course.</li><li>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade is responsible for the Global Talent Network. Our departments are working together to engage businesses developing quantum technologies to understand their skills needs and any specific roles that would benefit from promotion to international talent. Through the Global Talent Network, those roles are then actively promoted to talent in the United States through events and newsletters. This activity is complemented by the Government’s GREAT Talent campaign, which deploys marketing to promote the UK as a top destination to work and live amongst highly skilled migrants with skills in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and life sciences in the United States and India.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 13605 13606 13608 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:15:38 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1688284

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Quantum Technology: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Quantum Strategy, updated on 14 December 2023, what steps they are taking to double the number of Centres for Doctoral Training focused on quantum technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	13608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <ol><li>The Department has agreed to provide grant funding of £96,102 to STEM Learning to support the expansion of their Quantum Ambassador Programme.</li><li>The Department is developing a quantum apprenticeship programme. This programme will complement existing measures to train skilled technicians, including the National Physical Laboratory apprenticeship scheme, which can include deployments within their quantum department. The Quantum Skills Taskforce is considering apprenticeships and technical education, which will inform our approach to the technician workforce.</li><li>The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) recently ran a funding competition for Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). The results of this funding competition, including the CDTs focussed on quantum technologies, will be announced in due course.</li><li>The Secretary of State for Business and Trade is responsible for the Global Talent Network. Our departments are working together to engage businesses developing quantum technologies to understand their skills needs and any specific roles that would benefit from promotion to international talent. Through the Global Talent Network, those roles are then actively promoted to talent in the United States through events and newsletters. This activity is complemented by the Government’s GREAT Talent campaign, which deploys marketing to promote the UK as a top destination to work and live amongst highly skilled migrants with skills in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and life sciences in the United States and India.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 13605 13606 13607 question first answered 23/02/2024 10:15:39 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

46705

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department has collected on public perception of health and safety regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	195116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I have been asked to respond as Minister with responsibilty for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>Reviews of health and safety regulation carried out for the Government by Lord Young and by Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, and endorsed in HSE's recent triennial review, found a near universal agreement that the UK legal framework is fit for purpose. However, there does exist some misunderstanding about what H&amp;S legislation actually requires.</p><p> </p><p>Partly in response to this, the Health and Safety Executive's Myth Busters Challenge Panel allows the public to challenge decisions and policies ascribed to health and safety if they believe them to be incorrect.</p><p>To date the Panel has considered over 270 cases. Details can be found at http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/index.htm</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

90164

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the cyber skills of police forces; and what steps she is taking to improve those skills.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	207635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Tackling cyber crime is one of the key objectives of the UK’s Cyber Security Strategy. The Government has supported this with £860m of investment over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP). We have so far committed £70m of NCSP funding in improving law enforcement agencies’ ability to respond to this threat, including setting up the National Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime Agency, and cyber teams in each of the Regional Organised Crime Units. We are also supporting the training of police officers and investigators in local forces in England and Wales, through the development of new online and classroom-based training packages by the College of Policing for 5,000 officers.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/09/2014 15:24:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 18038 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179708

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departmental expenditure on training in each of the last three financial years, for which audited accounts have been published, is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Training</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Spend</p></td><td><p>£6,599,138.40</p></td><td><p>£8,613,542.60</p></td><td><p>£9,421,756.17</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/02/2015 15:58:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179688

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There is no specified number of days an individual should have for training as it would depend on an individual’s job role, the length of time they have been in post, any changes to their job role and their personal capability level and developmental needs.</p><p> </p><p>Training can be undertaken as attendance at formal classroom based events recorded as training days but developmental needs can also be met through less formal activities – job shadowing, mentoring, on the job learning, downloading resources from Civil Service Learning and so on.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Departmental People Performance Policy, development needs are set and reviewed as part of regular discussion between an individual and their line manager looking at continuous development to maintain and potentially enhance performance. From these discussions the amount of developmental activity necessary (including formal training days) will emerge for each person.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Civil Service Reform Plan outlines a Civil Service wide commitment to each individual having at least 5 days a year of developmental activity but this will not be just training – many other activities would contribute to an individual’s 5 days a year.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/02/2015 13:21:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170548

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No estimate has been made of savings arising from the introduction of the Q&amp;A system. The introduction of the Q&amp;A system has had no impact on existing or planned ICT systems.</p><p> </p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies. It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/01/2015 14:07:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179709

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	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	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's training budget was in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	224505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not allocate a specific budget for training.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/02/2015 15:53:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah