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454781

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	George Bell
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, how many people involved in investigating allegations of child abuse made against George Bell consulted his papers and diaries in Lambeth Palace Library in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	28343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">In 2013 and 2015 three staff members viewed various sections of the bishop's personal papers held at</ins> Lambeth Palace Library <ins class="ministerial">on two separate occasions.</ins> <del class="ministerial">has no record in the last three years of any of the individuals involved in these investigations making an application to view the papers and diaries of George Bell that are held in the Library.</del></p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/02/2016 16:24:51 question first ministerially corrected 06/05/2016 09:26:14 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman previous answer version 47893 answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

528958

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decisions taken on claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment have been appealed in (i) Birkenhead and (ii) the UK in each of the past five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	41331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does not hold accurate information on the volumes of appeals received against claims for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP).</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide information on the number of appeals against decisions taken on ESA and PIP claims that were found in favour of the appellant in Birkenhead and Great Britain<sub>1</sub>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>ESA claims (excluding reassessment decisions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain<sub>1</sub></strong></p></td><td><p>62,147</p></td><td><p>56,042</p></td><td><p>88,946</p></td><td><p>24,979</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">43,773</del><ins class="ministerial">25,831</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birkenhead</strong></p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>664</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>PIP<sub>2</sub> claims (excluding reassessment decisions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain<sub>1</sub></strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>3,374</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">42,354</del><ins class="ministerial">20,659</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birkenhead</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sub>1 </sub>HMCTS administer appeals received from appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. The Appeals Service, part of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, administers appeals from appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p><sub>2 </sub>PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 30/06/2016 15:18:00 question first ministerially corrected 27/07/2016 10:00:02 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald previous answer version 5418 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

595525

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) business-led, (b) Muslim-led, (c) Church of England-led, (d) Roman Catholic-led schools, (e) other faith schools and (f) other free schools have been announced in each year since the free school programme started.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	47153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Free school applicants are invited to describe the nature of their group; most will describe the group in terms of the schools they already have, for example, a multi-academy trust or a chain of free schools. Some groups will use terms such as a group of parents or teachers.</p><p>There are a number of free schools that have strong business links but only the Cathedral Free School in Liverpool has described itself as business-led.</p><p>As faith free school applicants may use a variety of terms to describe their group, the table below provides a breakdown of applications approved into the pre-opening phase by the faith designation of the school (b)-(d), with (e) being applications approved into the pre-opening phase with no faith designation. “Other faith designations” includes Christian schools where the denomination has not been specified.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Muslim faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Church of England faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Roman Catholic faith designation</p></td><td><p>Other faith designations</p></td><td><p>Other free schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 (Wave 1)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del> <ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 (Waves 1 and 2)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del> <ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 (Wave 3)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 (Wave 4)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (Waves 5, 6 and 7)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (Waves 8, 9, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (Waves 10, 11, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Not all applications approved into the pre-opening phase go on to open as schools. Some projects are deferred, withdrawn or cancelled, and some schools have closed. Deferral or cancellation can be for a variety and sometimes a combination of reasons, but overall it will have been because the department did not believe the free school trust was ready to open a free school offering a good or better education.</p><p>Contributory factors include a lack of site or building, insufficient pupil recruitment, under-developed leadership and/or governance arrangements. In each case, decisions will have been based on the progress of the project or school, and will have balanced the risk of opening on the original date, or remaining open, against all the elements needed to be in place for a successful school.</p><p>In the case of open free schools, they will have closed because they were not delivering a good or better education.</p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/11/2016 13:38:19 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2016 10:33:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 17529 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

926575

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the additional jobs in the UK labour market have been filled by (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	154608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p><strong>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2018 09:28:06 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:43:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609.pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 64806 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1000234

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of manufacturing companies that have (a) shortened their supply chains and (b) relocated their production to the UK from abroad in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	187311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>No such estimates are available from official sources. Our ambitious Industrial Strategy comprises policies to build an economy fit for the future, helping to foster a competitive environment where businesses can have the confidence to invest in UK manufacturing and thrive.</p><p> </p><p>Around 20% of the 2,072 new inward FDI projects in 2017/18 were in the areas of advanced manufacturing and life sciences. Across the Automotive, Aerospace, and the Advanced Engineering Supply Chain over the same period, DIT supported 320 inward investments into the UK, creating or securing 7,500 jobs in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1002095

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Disability: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the White Paper, Improving Lives published in November 2017, when the funding for Jobcentre Plus Community Partners and additional Disability Employment Advisers is due to end; and whether the Department has plans to allocate additional funding for those initiatives.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	188029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding for Jobcentre Plus Community Partners and additional Disability Employment Advisers has been agreed up until 31st March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>There is a range of support available for claimants with a health condition or disability, including one-to-one support from Work Coaches, The Work and Health Programme and the Personal Support package. Our overall aim is for work coaches to continue to develop the skills and confidence to provide good coaching and effective support. Disability Employment Advisers and Community Partners are among a number of the enablers in place to support this priority.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out continuous evaluation, including a review of the Community Partner and Disability Employment Adviser role functions. Recommendations from this review will be considered by Ministers and DWP Senior Leaders as they decide how to ensure that we continue to provide a cohesive support offer beyond 31st March 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/11/2018 16:30:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1002096

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Disability: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to undertake an assessment of the adequacy of the Jobcentre Plus Personalised Support Package for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	188030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned an externally contracted evaluation of the Jobcentre Plus Personalised Support Package. This will explore the experiences of claimants, employers, providers and DWP staff, of the personalised support provided through the package.</p><p> </p><p>A synthesis report of the over-arching evaluation will be published in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/11/2018 16:26:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1002758

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of modern slavery received a positive conclusive grounds decision but then did not receive discretionary leave to remain or a positive asylum claim in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	188736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The most recent information on the issue was set out in a letter of 17 February 2017 and relates to the year 2015. This was sent to the Rt Honourable member in his capacity as Chair of Work and Pensions Select Committee.</p><p>As set out in that letter, 1,043 people were confirmed as victims of modern slavery in 2015. Of these individuals, 379 had applied for asylum at the time the information was collected and 216 had been granted asylum. A further 123 of the individuals had been granted some other form of leave to remain.</p><p>Some of the individuals may have been granted asylum or leave to remain for another reason since the data was collected but that data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/11/2018 17:14:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1005764

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	Cannabis: 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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS and medical professional body guidelines on the prescription of medicinal cannabis in ensuring the eligibility for prescription of patients for whom that treatment might be advantageous.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	190361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Medical Director of NHS England, Professor Steve Powis, and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, have written to relevant clinicians to coincide with the coming into force of the rescheduling of cannabis-based medicinal products. The guidance in this letter, which signposts interim clinical advice commissioned from the British Paediatric Neurology Association and the Royal College of Physicians, is in line with normal clinical practice. The decision to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use will be made on a case-by-case basis, based on clinical need and in-line with existing governance procedures for prescribing unlicensed medicines.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to produce clinical guidance by October 2019, which will update and replace the interim advice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:47:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1006111

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's White Paper, Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability, what progress she has made on meeting the target for the recruitment of Community Partners.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	190788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>We committed to recruiting around 200 Community Partners, with disability expertise and local knowledge. We currently have 182 Community Partners in post nationally, and there are Community Partners in every Jobcentre Plus District.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/11/2018 16:55:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead