339 Department for Education Biography information for Adam Afriyie Vocational Education 2018-07-11 Education false Adam Afriyie Education 60 1 163059 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to put technical courses on parity with academic courses. House of Commons 2018-07-17T16:32:01.653Z Guildford Anne Milton false 2018-07-17 Biography information for Anne Milton <p>The government is transforming technical education to create a high quality system that meets the skills needs of businesses and is held in the same high esteem as our academic option. 15 prestigious technical routes will set a clear path to skilled employment through reformed apprenticeships and the new flagship T Level programmes. T Levels are a central part of the greatest shake-up of technical education for 70 years and builds on the recommendations made by the Independent Panel on Technical Education, chaired by Lord Sainsbury. They will provide a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels.</p><p>They are, however, just one strand of our ambitious new technical education offer. We also intend to undertake a review of qualifications at Level 3 and below so that those we fund serve a genuine and useful purpose, are of high quality and enable students to progress to meaningful outcomes.</p><p> </p> Windsor false 163057 Windsor Education 1 2018-07-19T13:23:34.953Z Guildford Anne Milton false 2018-07-19 <p>The University Technical Colleges (UTC) programme has an important role to play in our reforms to technical education, with strong UTCs succeeding in equipping young people with the skills businesses need, getting them into employment and supporting social mobility.</p><p>There are regulations in place that require local authorities to write to parents of pupils in Year 9 to notify them of schools with atypical ages of admission within reasonable travelling distance, which includes UTCs, to make sure they are aware of the choices available to them. Early indications suggest that these letters have had a positive impact on awareness of UTCs and supported their recruitment.</p><p> </p><p>Recent changes to the Careers Guidance legislation also requires maintained schools and academies to provide opportunities for providers of technical education, such as UTCs, to visit schools to talk to students in Years 8-13, to inform them of their offer.</p><p> </p><p>UTCs are sponsored by employers and they are essential to marketing efforts by UTCs to promote their offer. Employers can demonstrate to pupils how attending the UTC can lead to a successful career. Employers taking a sustained and embedded role in supporting the UTC programme is crucial to their success.</p> 60 Adam Afriyie To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to promote University Technical Colleges. University Technical Colleges 2018-07-11 Education Department for Education 2018-07-11 Adam Afriyie false Windsor 2018-07-19T13:02:58.823Z Penrith and The Border Rory Stewart false 2018-07-19 Biography information for Rory Stewart <p>Health services in public prisons in England, including mental health treatment, are commissioned and reviewed by NHS England. In Wales, health is devolved to the Welsh Government. However, as signatories to the National Partnership Agreement for Prison Healthcare 2018-2021, the Department works closely with health partners to support the delivery of healthcare by ensuring prisoners are able to access these services.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we are investing in our workforce. We have met our target to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers several months ahead of schedule, helping to ensure that prisoners can be supported to attend scheduled healthcare appointments and receive weekly, one-to-one support from a named prison officer. These officers will coach, signpost and encourage individuals in order that they feel settled and safe and part of this may include signposting individuals to mental health treatment in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond staff support, HMPPS invests in various support services for prisoners which can help promote mental health treatment. For example, HMPPS recently refreshed its partnership with the Samaritans to continue funding the Listeners scheme, which trains selected prisoners to provide emotional support to peers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises the impact that the prison environment can have on prisoner health and wellbeing, particularly for prisoners with a mental health diagnosis. This is why we are focussing on getting the basics right through our prison estate transformation programme, delivering decent prisons that improve opportunities for rehabilitation and create safe and secure environments for staff and offenders.</p> 54 1 Justice To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to promote mental health treatment in prisons. Prisons: Mental Health Services 163062 Ministry of Justice Justice 163061 Department of Health and Social Care Health and Social Care Health and Social Care false Adam Afriyie Mental Health: First Aid 17 2018-07-11 2018-07-19T14:49:22.777Z Thurrock Jackie Doyle-Price false 2018-07-19 Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price <p>The Department has committed to delivering mental health “first aid” training to a member of staff in all schools across England by the end of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The programme to deliver Youth Mental Health First Aid training to secondary school staff is in its second year of delivery. We have so far invested over £450,000 in the programme, and have delivered the training to staff in over 1,300 secondary schools. We expect to reach 2,000 schools by the end of 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has set aside a further £5 million to deliver mental health first aid and awareness training to a member of staff in all primary schools across England by the end of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Department is working with Public Health England to launch a £15 million national campaign in autumn 2018 to train 1 million people in mental health awareness and first aid.</p> 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to promote mental health first aid. Windsor 163058 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of pupils taking up STEM and ICT higher education courses in the last five years. 2018-07-20T13:51:35.287Z 163058_UK_domiciled_18_and_19_year_old_acceptances_by_STEM_subject.pdf 18_and_19_year_old_acceptances_by_STEM_subject East Surrey Mr Sam Gyimah false 2018-07-20 Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publishes data on the number of applicants accepted to full-time undergraduate courses at UK higher education providers by subject group.</p><p>The number of UK domiciled 18 and 19 year olds accepted to full-time undergraduate courses in each science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subject group is shown in the attached Table 1. It shows that total acceptances to STEM subjects for UK 18 and 19 year olds had increased by 24% between 2012 and 2017. This compares to an increase of 14% for all subjects over the same period.</p> ICT and STEM Subjects: Higher Education false 1 Department for Education 2018-07-11 Windsor Education Adam Afriyie Education 60 17 Health Services Department of Health and Social Care Health and Social Care 1 Health and Social Care Adam Afriyie To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to promote parity of treatment of mental and physical health conditions. Windsor 2018-07-19T14:50:59.383Z Thurrock Jackie Doyle-Price false 2018-07-19 <p>The Government enshrined parity of esteem in physical and mental health in law in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The NHS Constitution now states that the National Health Service “is designed to improve, prevent, diagnose and treat both physical and mental health problems with equal regard”.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is investing in mental health to expand and improve services via the Mental Health Five Year Forward View. Spending on mental health increased to a planned £11.86 billion in 2017/18. NHS England’s Mental Health Investment Standard requires the local NHS clinical commissioning groups to increase mental health investment by at least the same proportion as overall allocations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 states that clinical commissioning groups should show “measurable progress towards the parity of esteem for mental health enshrined in the NHS Constitution, particularly for those in vulnerable situations”.</p> 163060 2018-07-11 false Biography information for Alison Thewliss 29 false Work and Pensions Work and Pensions To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been rejected under each exception to the two child limit for (a) child tax credits and (b) universal credit. 2018-07-16T17:05:22.87Z Reading West Alok Sharma false 2018-07-16 Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma <p>There are no circumstances in which a claimant has been refused an exception where they meet the conditions and have provided relevant evidence to support their request.</p> 2018-07-11 Glasgow Central 1 Department for Work and Pensions Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit Alison Thewliss 163137 Department for Transport 163174 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine false Transport Transport: Infrastructure 2018-07-19T13:08:27.28Z Orpington Joseph Johnson false 2018-07-19 Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone <p>The UK Government fully recognises the social and economic importance of improving connectivity across all parts of the UK. Where there are areas of cross-border interest, my ministerial colleagues and I remain keen to collaborate with our Scottish counterparts and the Department is currently contributing to discussions on the emerging transport proposals in the proposed Borderlands Growth Deal as well as ongoing work in relation to HS2 and the strategic road network.</p> 2018-07-11 Biography information for Andrew Bowie 27 1 Transport Andrew Bowie To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Transport on cross border transport infrastructure. Home Office Andrew Bowie Radicalism 1 2018-07-11 1 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine false Home Office 163178 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle far-right extremism in the UK. 2018-08-07T15:36:33.367Z Louth and Horncastle Victoria Atkins false 2018-08-07 Biography information for Victoria Atkins <p>The Government is committed to tackling extremism in all its forms.</p><p>The 2015 Counter-Extremism Strategy sets out a four year programme of work for defeating extremism at source. Since 2015 the Government has funded additional security measures in 129 places of worship, including places targeted by far-right extremists; excluded and refused entry to the UK to known far-right extremists; created a network of more than 160 civil society partners confronting extremism in their communities; and supported Local Authorities tackling far-right extremism. The newly established independent Commission for Countering Extremism has been given a clear remit to identify and challenge extremism in all its forms.</p><p>In December 2016, the neo-Nazi group National Action became the first extreme right-wing group to be proscribed by Government as a terrorist organisation. The Government’s updated and strengthened Counter-Terrorism Strategy (CONTEST) addresses all forms of terrorism and confirms that extreme right-wing terrorism is a growing threat. Since 2017, the police and the security and intelligence agencies have disrupted four extreme right-wing terrorist plots. CONTEST confirms the Security Service will have greater involvement in the assessment and investigation of extreme right-wing terrorism.</p> Home Office West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 201 Andrew Bowie Offshore Industry Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2018-07-11 1 false To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on the oil and gas sector deal. 2018-07-27T12:09:49.597Z Devizes Claire Perry false 2018-07-27 Biography information for Claire Perry <p>Over the last few years, this Government has provided an unprecedented level of support for our vital offshore oil and gas industry that supports more than 300,000 jobs across the UK. Several sectors, including the oil and gas sector have expressed an interest in a sector deal and we are considering seriously these credible industry-led proposals. We intend to take forward some further deals that best meet expectations set out in the White Paper in due course.</p><p> </p> 163175 1 0 10