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1000229

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many data breaches were reported by each Government department to the Government Security Group in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	187361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not require central reporting of data breaches by government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-minimum-cyber-security-standard" target="_blank">minimum cyber security standard</a> outlines the communications required by a department when there is a security incident that impacts on sensitive information or key operational services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Security Group would be involved in the response to a category one or two</p><p>cyber security incident impacting a central government department(s), however to date an incident of this type has not occurred.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/annual-review-2018" target="_blank">National Cyber Security Centre’s Annual Report (2018)</a> provides the total number of incidents it has dealt with over the past year.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/11/2018 09:37:31 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

774082

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the criteria for the allocation of funding on infrastructure for Northern and Midland High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review reconfirmed the Government’s commitment to the programme providing a long-term funding envelope of £55.7bn in 2015 prices. Of this £28.55bn was allocated to Phase Two. This allocation includes funding for infrastructure for the Northern and Midlands sections of High Speed 2. The funding has been allocated in order to deliver the benefits, including those for the North and Midlands, as set out in the Strategic, Economic and Financial cases for Phase Two, most recently published in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-to-crewe-bill" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-to-crewe-bill</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 27/10/2017 11:13:46 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777765

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase apprenticeship enrolment among people from lower-income backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure that high quality apprenticeships are as accessible as possible to all people from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships already disproportionately benefit people from lower socio-economic backgrounds with apprentices more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds - compared to the population as a whole, 25 per cent of apprentices live in the most disadvantaged fifth of areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our apprenticeship funding policy supports individuals from disadvantaged areas by providing a cash payment to training providers when they train apprentices living in the top 27% of deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109597 question first answered 01/11/2017 20:39:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777778

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of apprenticeships at companies benefiting from the apprenticeship levy by (a) household income, (b) region and (c) age.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on numbers of apprenticeship starts by age, region, local authority and constituency is available through the Further Education Data library tables: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>. We do not hold data on the number of starts by household income.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of levy paying employers that are registered on the apprenticeship service, and can therefore access and benefit from levy funds, is available (as reported to the end of August 2017) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017</a>. These statistics are published on a monthly basis. We do not hold this data for non-levy paying employers as their apprenticeship training is funded via contracts with training providers.</p><p> </p><p>Recent data show that over 90 per cent of apprentices currently go into work or further training at the end of their apprenticeship, the majority of these with the same employer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109596 109598 question first answered 03/11/2017 10:20:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777782

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of employers that benefit from the apprenticeship levy; and how many apprentices have remained at their place of employment after their apprenticeship has concluded.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on numbers of apprenticeship starts by age, region, local authority and constituency is available through the Further Education Data library tables: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>. We do not hold data on the number of starts by household income.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of levy paying employers that are registered on the apprenticeship service, and can therefore access and benefit from levy funds, is available (as reported to the end of August 2017) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017</a>. These statistics are published on a monthly basis. We do not hold this data for non-levy paying employers as their apprenticeship training is funded via contracts with training providers.</p><p> </p><p>Recent data show that over 90 per cent of apprentices currently go into work or further training at the end of their apprenticeship, the majority of these with the same employer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109594 109598 question first answered 03/11/2017 10:20:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777783

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the apprenticeship levy increases social mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure that high quality apprenticeships are as accessible as possible to all people from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships already disproportionately benefit people from lower socio-economic backgrounds with apprentices more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds - compared to the population as a whole, 25 per cent of apprentices live in the most disadvantaged fifth of areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our apprenticeship funding policy supports individuals from disadvantaged areas by providing a cash payment to training providers when they train apprentices living in the top 27% of deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109701 question first answered 01/11/2017 20:39:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777784

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of apprentices who have secured apprenticeships at a company benefiting from the apprenticeship levy in (a) Leigh, (b) Wigan and (c) Greater Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on numbers of apprenticeship starts by age, region, local authority and constituency is available through the Further Education Data library tables: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>. We do not hold data on the number of starts by household income.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of levy paying employers that are registered on the apprenticeship service, and can therefore access and benefit from levy funds, is available (as reported to the end of August 2017) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-service-registrations-and-commitments-august-2017</a>. These statistics are published on a monthly basis. We do not hold this data for non-levy paying employers as their apprenticeship training is funded via contracts with training providers.</p><p> </p><p>Recent data show that over 90 per cent of apprentices currently go into work or further training at the end of their apprenticeship, the majority of these with the same employer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109594 109596 question first answered 03/11/2017 10:20:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777907

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108497, if his Department will undertake a study into journey times between Leigh and local High Speed 2 stations; and how such times can be reduced.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, are best placed to develop schemes to improve local connectivity. To that end, the government has provided Greater Manchester with £2,500,000 to develop their HS2 Growth Strategies, which will look at the transport requirements for making the most of HS2. The government will continue to work with Greater Manchester to help deliver these plans.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 16:40:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

781340

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Transport for Greater Manchester on rail and High Speed 2 connectivity in Leigh.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester with £2,500,000 to develop their HS2 Growth Strategies, which will look at the transport requirements for making the most of HS2. The government will continue to work with Greater Manchester to help deliver these plans.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/11/2017 14:00:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

781355

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate his Department has made of the number of small businesses in Leigh that could be significantly impacted financially by the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the best possible deal for the United Kingdom - a deal that works for small businesses and all parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Stakeholder engagement is a central element of our plan to build a national consensus around our negotiating position. Ministers from across Government have carried out extensive engagement on EU exit - with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy and all regions of the UK, including the North West. On 4th August 2016 the Prime Minister held a small business summit at Downing Street to learn the post brexit views and interests of small businesses. Representatives from trade associations including the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) were in attendance.</p><p><br><br>The UK government believes it is in the interests of both parties to achieve the best possible outcome and the strongest possible partnership for the future - one that works for the UK and for the EU.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 10/11/2017 09:53:42 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt