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1054028

	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 Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that (a) academies and (b) local authority maintained schools comply with section 2 of the Further Education and Technical Act 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	908969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Inviting providers of technical education into schools is vital to give all pupils a full picture of their options. We are writing to local authorities to make sure that schools comply.</p><p>We have written to the largest multi academy trusts currently not meeting the duty, reminding them what is required, and will take further action if we have evidence schools are still not complying.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/02/2019 17:29:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

861938

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the abolition of hospital car parking charges in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	904285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>I have not discussed this matter with the Welsh Government.</p><p>The responsibility for car parking charges in Wales is devolved to the Welsh Government and decisions on whether to waive charges are entirely for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/03/2018 17:32:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

989397

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the freeze on fuel duty on low income families in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	907027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that transport is a major cost for households and businesses in Scotland.</p><p>That is why the Prime Minister recently announced that fuel duty will be frozen in 2019/20, a ninth successive freeze. This will benefit all drivers in Scotland and across the UK.</p><p>As a result of the last eight years of freezes, the average car driver has saved a cumulative £850 compared to pre-2010 escalator plans.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/10/2018 14:30:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

857659

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what funding is available for church infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	904239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners provide financial and administrative support to cathedrals and dioceses. It is up to each self-governing church or cathedral to raise funds for development projects, and the National Church Institutions provide advice and support.</p><p>The changing priorities and declining budget of the Heritage Lottery Fund is a matter of concern, as this is where much fundraising money comes from; officers at national level continue to work with the Heritage Lottery Fund on the specific issues churches face. The HLF is currently reviewing its strategic priorities and I would encourage all Hon. members to consider sending in a response, making the importance of churches as community assets clear.</p><p>The Church of England has been in discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and HM Treasury about the current underspend of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, realocating the underspend would enable the Church to deliver a number of the recommendations in the Taylor Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/03/2018 14:53:55 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061274

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, which training providers the House of Commons works with to train apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The House of Commons is participating in National Apprenticeship Week. This will include the production of a short film of former and current apprentices in conjunction with Amazing Apprenticeships. The film will be shown nationally in schools and Further Education colleges to promote apprenticeships in general and at Parliament.</p><p>Lifetime Training have been appointed as our Lead provider, together with Newham College. We also use Kaplan training who are managed by Lifetime.</p><p>In addition, we work alongside Amazing Apprenticeships who work with over 3,500 schools and colleges nationally.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221755 221757 question first answered 28/02/2019 12:07:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061275

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, which external organisations the House of Commons is working with to provide apprenticeship opportunities.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The House of Commons is participating in National Apprenticeship Week. This will include the production of a short film of former and current apprentices in conjunction with Amazing Apprenticeships. The film will be shown nationally in schools and Further Education colleges to promote apprenticeships in general and at Parliament.</p><p>Lifetime Training have been appointed as our Lead provider, together with Newham College. We also use Kaplan training who are managed by Lifetime.</p><p>In addition, we work alongside Amazing Apprenticeships who work with over 3,500 schools and colleges nationally.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221755 221756 question first answered 28/02/2019 12:07:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061273

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons will mark the 12th annual National Apprenticeship Week 2019 between 4 - 8 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The House of Commons is participating in National Apprenticeship Week. This will include the production of a short film of former and current apprentices in conjunction with Amazing Apprenticeships. The film will be shown nationally in schools and Further Education colleges to promote apprenticeships in general and at Parliament.</p><p>Lifetime Training have been appointed as our Lead provider, together with Newham College. We also use Kaplan training who are managed by Lifetime.</p><p>In addition, we work alongside Amazing Apprenticeships who work with over 3,500 schools and colleges nationally.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221756 221757 question first answered 28/02/2019 12:07:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061262

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons is taking any steps to exceed the public sector apprenticeship target.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The House does not currently meet the public sector apprenticeship target but plans to meet or exceed it by March 2021. That would require around 55 apprentices per year based on current headcount. A new lead provider was appointed in September 2018 with a broader training offering. Work is also ongoing across the House to identify apprenticeship roles including upskilling of existing employees through an apprenticeship, and recruitment of new apprentices.<br></p><p>The House’s priority is to meet the 2.3% target by March 2021. However, if in a position to do so we will review this to see what more can be done, once the target has been met.<br></p><p>The number of apprenticeships offered has increased from 10 per year (2012–2018) to 12 in January 2019, with further enrolments planned over the coming months to reach around 25 to 30 apprentices by April 2019.<br></p><p>The range of apprenticeship programmes on offer has been expanded from two to fourteen Standards since September 2018 and this is expected to be expanded further during 2019.<br></p><p>A ‘Standard’ is the name of the apprenticeship training which replaced the older style ‘Frameworks’ training when the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced in May 2017.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221745 221750 question first answered 04/03/2019 10:11:37 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061261

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons currently meeting the Public Sector Apprenticeship Target of employing at least 2.3 per cent of their staff as new apprentice starts; and whether steps are being taking to ensure that target is met by March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The House does not currently meet the public sector apprenticeship target but plans to meet or exceed it by March 2021. That would require around 55 apprentices per year based on current headcount. A new lead provider was appointed in September 2018 with a broader training offering. Work is also ongoing across the House to identify apprenticeship roles including upskilling of existing employees through an apprenticeship, and recruitment of new apprentices.<br></p><p>The House’s priority is to meet the 2.3% target by March 2021. However, if in a position to do so we will review this to see what more can be done, once the target has been met.<br></p><p>The number of apprenticeships offered has increased from 10 per year (2012–2018) to 12 in January 2019, with further enrolments planned over the coming months to reach around 25 to 30 apprentices by April 2019.<br></p><p>The range of apprenticeship programmes on offer has been expanded from two to fourteen Standards since September 2018 and this is expected to be expanded further during 2019.<br></p><p>A ‘Standard’ is the name of the apprenticeship training which replaced the older style ‘Frameworks’ training when the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced in May 2017.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221746 221750 question first answered 04/03/2019 10:11:37 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061266

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has plans to increase the (a) number and (b) range of apprenticeship programmes provided by the House of Commons.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The House does not currently meet the public sector apprenticeship target but plans to meet or exceed it by March 2021. That would require around 55 apprentices per year based on current headcount. A new lead provider was appointed in September 2018 with a broader training offering. Work is also ongoing across the House to identify apprenticeship roles including upskilling of existing employees through an apprenticeship, and recruitment of new apprentices.<br></p><p>The House’s priority is to meet the 2.3% target by March 2021. However, if in a position to do so we will review this to see what more can be done, once the target has been met.<br></p><p>The number of apprenticeships offered has increased from 10 per year (2012–2018) to 12 in January 2019, with further enrolments planned over the coming months to reach around 25 to 30 apprentices by April 2019.<br></p><p>The range of apprenticeship programmes on offer has been expanded from two to fourteen Standards since September 2018 and this is expected to be expanded further during 2019.<br></p><p>A ‘Standard’ is the name of the apprenticeship training which replaced the older style ‘Frameworks’ training when the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced in May 2017.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221745 221746 question first answered 04/03/2019 10:11:37 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon