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1038943

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Barristers: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been appointed as Queen's Counsel in Northern Ireland in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	207162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The appointment of Queen’s Counsel in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter for which the Northern Ireland Department of Justice has responsibility.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/01/2019 09:09:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1054877

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has set a target in this Parliamentary Term for the reduction in number of long term empty properties as a result of the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	216156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published in the Ministry’s live table 615 which is available at the following link. This table shows the annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.</p><p>The table can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a>.</p><p>Rates of council tax charged on empty homes are a matter for individual local authorities, who will take into account local circumstances in reaching their decision. In 2018, 299 out of 326 authorities reported that they were charging a premium on some of their empty dwellings, up from 291 in 2017.</p><p>The number of long-term vacant dwellings across England remains lower than when records began.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/02/2019 17:15:00 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1055928

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the change was in the level of rent arrears among public sector housing tenants between 2016 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	217492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG's English Housing Survey collects data on whether social renters are in rent arrears although does not collect data on the value of rent arrears. The data for the latest available year, 2016-17, can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-to-2017-social-rented-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-to-2017-social-rented-sector</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2019 14:12:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1047006

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	British Students Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of UK students studying abroad between 2016 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	211680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) collect and publish the number of UK students studying wholly overseas. Tertiary education is defined as International Standard Classification of Education levels 5-8. Statistics on mobile UK students studying abroad in 2016 and 2017 have been provided in the table. Data for 2018 has still to be published by UNESCO.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>UK DOMICILED STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD 2016 to 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of UK students studying tertiary education programmes abroad</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>34,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>34,025</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: UNESCO, internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad (2016 to 2017), data available at <a href="http://data.uis.unesco.org/" target="_blank">http://data.uis.unesco.org/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, ERASMUS collect and publish further information on the number of students studying overseas as part of their studies at their UK university, available at <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/01/2019 12:36:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1051458

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of (a) looked after children and (b) children who were in foster placements between 2013 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	214518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is shown in the table accompanying the response.</p><p>Figures on children looked after and placed in foster care in England are published table A2 in the national tables in the statistical releases ‘Children Looked After in England including adoptions: 2016-2017’ and ‘Children Looked After in England including adoptions: 2017-2018’, which are available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/02/2019 16:18:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 214518_table_on_looked_after_children.xls title 214518_table_on_looked_after_children
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1054880

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what liaison there is for promoting best practice guidelines between the National Careers Service and its counterpart organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	216157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for delivery of careers information, advice and guidance was devolved to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales as part of devolution.</p><p>The National Careers Service shares information and best practice as appropriate with the devolved administrations, including on the development of the National Careers Service website to make sure that it meets the needs of young people and adults.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/02/2019 12:14:27 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1091072

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of overseas students who were studying at further and higher education facilities in the UK in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	233485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on the nationality of learners is not held for government funded further education courses via the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>In total, there are 458,490 higher education (HE) students enrolled at UK HEIs from non-UK countries in 2017-18[1]. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the top 10 countries that have HE students entering UK HEIs in 2017-18 ranked by how many entrants they have at UK HEIs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of domicile </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Number </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> China </strong></p></td><td><p>76,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> India </strong></p></td><td><p>12,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> United States </strong></p></td><td><p>11,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Germany </strong></p></td><td><p>7,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> France </strong></p></td><td><p>6,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Hong Kong </strong></p></td><td><p>6,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Italy </strong></p></td><td><p>6,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Malaysia </strong></p></td><td><p>5,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Greece </strong></p></td><td><p>5,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Nigeria </strong></p></td><td><p>4,805</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Figures 10 and 11</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: Figure 8</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 233486 question first answered 21/03/2019 16:53:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1091073

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of (a) the 10 countries supplying the most overseas students and (b) the numbers of students from each of those countries who were studying at further and higher education facilities in the UK in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	233486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on the nationality of learners is not held for government funded further education courses via the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>In total, there are 458,490 higher education (HE) students enrolled at UK HEIs from non-UK countries in 2017-18[1]. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the top 10 countries that have HE students entering UK HEIs in 2017-18 ranked by how many entrants they have at UK HEIs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of domicile </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Number </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> China </strong></p></td><td><p>76,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> India </strong></p></td><td><p>12,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> United States </strong></p></td><td><p>11,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Germany </strong></p></td><td><p>7,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> France </strong></p></td><td><p>6,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Hong Kong </strong></p></td><td><p>6,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Italy </strong></p></td><td><p>6,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Malaysia </strong></p></td><td><p>5,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Greece </strong></p></td><td><p>5,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Nigeria </strong></p></td><td><p>4,805</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Figures 10 and 11</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: Figure 8</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 233485 question first answered 21/03/2019 16:53:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1041610

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wills: Older People
	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 number of people over the age of 70 that have not made a will.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	208775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has made no estimate. Individuals are not required to notify any third party that they have made a will and there is no central record of whether individuals have left a valid will when they die.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides advice on making a will on the Gov.UK website – www.gov.uk/make-will.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/01/2019 17:16:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1045890

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
	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 6 December 2018 to Question 198197 on Television: Licensing, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been given custodial sentences for failure to pay fines levied for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	211130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of people who have been committed to prison for failure to pay fines imposed for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="14"><p><strong>Table 1: Sentenced prison admissions for non-payment of the fine associated with using a TV without a licence, by sex; 2015 to 2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="3"><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Source: </strong>PQ 211130 (Ministry of Justice; ASD-JSAS)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/01/2019 17:13:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell