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522448

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government expects to complete its analysis of responses to the consultation on reform of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	39163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is giving very careful consideration to the responses it received to the consultation. In particular we are looking closely to see if there is any scope to find a set of reforms that will deliver the Government’s objectives and which will be agreeable to the unions. I expect that we will be able to publish our analysis within the 12 week target set out in the consultation document.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/06/2016 13:27:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

515679

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Trade Union Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the applicability of the provisions of the Trade Union Bill to officials of the devolved administrations.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	904715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Trade Union Act 2016 is about employment and industrial relations law, which are reserved matters. The Act will apply to public sector officials across Great Britain in the same manner, and therefore no specific assessment has been made of its applicability to officials of the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/05/2016 15:09:22 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 57947 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

517064

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to help fill potential skills shortages resulting from the £35,000 income requirement for settlement of Tier 2 skilled workers over the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	36237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Recognised shortage occupations are exempt from the £35,000 threshold as are PhD level roles. In other cases the Government believes that it is reasonable to require Tier 2 skilled migrants to earn a minimum of £35,000 to be eligible to settle in the UK. Tier 2 workers are in graduate-level roles, and £35,000 reflects the 2011 median pay for UK workers in skilled jobs which qualified for Tier 2.</p><p>Employers and visa holders have had time to prepare. The previous Government announced in 2012 that, from 6 April 2016, Tier 2 visa holders who applied for settlement in the UK would be required to meet the £35,000 threshold. The Home Office published a full impact assessment on proposed changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf</a>.’</p><p>Skills are a devolved matter. In England we are supporting 3 million more apprenticeships in this Parliament, including degree apprenticeships and more at the higher levels. We are also focussing on the higher level skills employers demand by introducing ground breaking reforms to technical and professional education to support sectors where there are recognised skills gaps, and establishing national colleges to deliver high level specialist vocational skills.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/05/2016 11:21:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449346

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in part or full-time training or employment aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	25016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Care leaver activity [2]</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education other than higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Training or employment</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].</p><p>[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p><p>[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 24987 25017 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:09:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 43510 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449347

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in part or full-time education other than higher education aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	25017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Care leaver activity [2]</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education other than higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Training or employment</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].</p><p>[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p><p>[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 24987 25016 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:09:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 43512 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449348

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in full or part-time higher education aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children looked after by the local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	24987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Care leaver activity [2]</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education other than higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Training or employment</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].</p><p>[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p><p>[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 25016 25017 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:09:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 43508 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449808

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers aged between 19 and 21 local authorities were in contact with in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015; and how many such care leavers were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	25346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>Information on care leavers in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015, who were aged 19, 20 and 21 in 2013 and 2014 is not available. However, the information for care leavers aged 19, 20, or 21 in 2014 and 2015 is shown in the tables below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Accommodation type<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Suitable</strong></p></td><td><p>20,570</p></td><td><p>21,010</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unsuitable</strong></p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>1,840</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21 with whom the local authority were in touch</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21,980</p></td><td><p>22,520</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><ol><li><p>This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p></li><li><p>Suitability of accommodation is not recorded where the young person has gone abroad, been deported or where their residence is not known.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 25428 question first answered 05/02/2016 13:44:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449956

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 who were aged 19, 20 or 21 in 2013 and 2014 and housed in accommodation considered (i) suitable and (ii) unsuitable were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	25428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>Information on care leavers in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015, who were aged 19, 20 and 21 in 2013 and 2014 is not available. However, the information for care leavers aged 19, 20, or 21 in 2014 and 2015 is shown in the tables below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Accommodation type<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Suitable</strong></p></td><td><p>20,570</p></td><td><p>21,010</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unsuitable</strong></p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>1,840</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21 with whom the local authority were in touch</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21,980</p></td><td><p>22,520</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><ol><li><p>This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p></li><li><p>Suitability of accommodation is not recorded where the young person has gone abroad, been deported or where their residence is not known.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 25346 question first answered 05/02/2016 13:44:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

458067

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers who were aged 19, 20 or 21 in the years ending 31 March (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	29942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of care leavers aged 19 to 21 years is published in table F1 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after, including care leavers and adoption’[1].</p><p>Data is not published on the number of care leavers who were formerly unaccompanied asylum seeking children.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/03/2016 16:14:55 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

442939

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Cosmetics: Plastics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to ban the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics and soaps.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	21162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK and neighbouring countries are working with industry to achieve a voluntary phase out of plastic microbeads in cosmetics and soaps.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/01/2016 17:38:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald