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The Cabinet Office manages the GOV.UK<\/a> website, through which UK citizens can access government information and digital services. We are working closely with the Wales Office to ensure that the Welsh language content on GOV.UK is underpinned by high quality user research that provides a simpler, clearer and faster service for users.<\/p>

GOV.UK links to all Welsh-language government transactions (via https://www.gov.uk/cymraeg<\/a>), and has Welsh-language content for a number of commonly-used services, such as information on car tax and bank holidays. The site also gives government departments the ability to publish Welsh-language content in line with the requirements of their individual Welsh Language Schemes.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/115", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Horsham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Francis Maude"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T13:33:17.643Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Welsh Language"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration he has given to adopting a Welsh language policy for his Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Brennan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kevin Brennan"} ], "uin" : "220150"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172746", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172746/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

I last visited the Emergency Planning College on 12 July 2013.<\/p>

The College and its partnership contract continue to serve as excellent examples of what can be achieved by the application of innovation, energy and commercial skill in the delivery of an important public service.<\/p>

I am pleased to report that the College was profitable in 2014 and will pay a dividend.<\/p>

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The table below shows the number of new private fostering arrangements by place of birth.<\/p>
<\/td> <\/td>

2013- 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

All Children<\/p><\/td>

2,880<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>

UK<\/p><\/td>

1,090<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Europe (other)<\/p><\/td>

890<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Africa<\/p><\/td>

130<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Asia<\/p><\/td>

540<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Other<\/p><\/td>

240<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Where a child has been reported as having more than one private fostering arrangement during the year, each arrangement has been counted (numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10, therefore components may not sum to totals).<\/p>

<\/p>

This information is published in table 3b of the Notifications of private fostering arrangements in England: 2014: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/notifications-of-private-fostering-arrangements-in-england-2014<\/a><\/p>

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<\/p>

The Department for Education does not collect information on when children born outside the UK, who are reported to be in private fostering arrangements, enter the UK.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1605", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Timpson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Crewe and Nantwich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Timpson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "220173"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T14:57:48.463Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Foster Care"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219314, what information her Department holds on when children born outside the UK who are then reported to be in private fostering arrangements entered the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Selly Oak"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"} ], "uin" : "220174"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172766", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172766/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The table below shows the number of new private fostering arrangements by place of birth.<\/p>
<\/td> <\/td>

2013- 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>

All Children<\/p><\/td>

2,880<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>

UK<\/p><\/td>

1,090<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Europe (other)<\/p><\/td>

890<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Africa<\/p><\/td>

130<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Asia<\/p><\/td>

540<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/td>

Other<\/p><\/td>

240<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Where a child has been reported as having more than one private fostering arrangement during the year, each arrangement has been counted (numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10, therefore components may not sum to totals).<\/p>

<\/p>

This information is published in table 3b of the Notifications of private fostering arrangements in England: 2014: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/notifications-of-private-fostering-arrangements-in-england-2014<\/a><\/p>

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<\/p>

The Department for Education does not collect information on when children born outside the UK, who are reported to be in private fostering arrangements, enter the UK.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1605", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Timpson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Crewe and Nantwich"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Timpson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "220174"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T14:57:48.267Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Foster Care"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219314, whether her Department holds figures for the countries of origin of children who are reported to be in private fostering arrangements born outside the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Selly Oak"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"} ], "uin" : "220173"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172443", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172443/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

United Kingdom citizens working with aid agencies and international relief organisations outside the UK, who remain ordinarily resident in the UK, will retain full entitlement to free NHS hospital treatment. For those not ordinarily resident in the UK, they will become so if they take up or resume settled residence in the UK, and will consequently be fully entitled again.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T15:15:15.457Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Ebola"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Statement of 5 January 2015, Official Report, columns 38-40, on UK Ebola preparedness, whether the eligibility for full access to NHS care will be retained by UK citizens working with aid agencies and international relief organisations outside the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/395", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Blunkett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr David Blunkett"} ], "uin" : "219990"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172448", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172448/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) caseload increased by 1,618,580 between May 2010 and May 2014: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/esa/ccdate/esa_phase/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_esa_phase.html<\/a>.<\/p>

During this period we have been reassessing Incapacity Benefit claimants for ESA.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1520", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Mark Harper"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Forest of Dean"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Mark Harper"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T12:07:08.687Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Security Benefits: Disability"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Labour Market Statistics, December 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in the number of claimants of employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "219987"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172449", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172449/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Staff responsible for commercial and performance aspects of the Work Programme are part of the Department\u2019s Finance Group. Commercial staff work closely alongside Performance staff who focus their activities on further driving up performance with those suppliers. This approach allows greater flexibility and efficiency in deploying staff across the Department\u2019s portfolio of contracts. This approach fits with best practice endorsed by Cabinet Office.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4084", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Esther McVey"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wirral West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Esther McVey"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T14:16:06.157Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Work Programme"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the staff in his Department responsible for the Work Programme are divided between those dealing with contracting and those dealing with performance; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that division on his Department's efficiency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "219991"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172470", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172470/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Information on the number of learners participating on an apprenticeship between 2009/10 and 2013/14 across constituencies is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378732/apprenticeships-participation-by-constituency-and-local-authority.xls<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3995", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Boles"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Grantham and Stamford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nick Boles"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T16:12:34.35Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices: Folkestone and Hythe"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were registered on an apprenticeship training scheme in Folkestone and Hythe constituency in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3986", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Collins"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Folkestone and Hythe"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Damian Collins"} ], "uin" : "220030"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172471", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172471/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The average estimated apprenticeship programme costs to government of learners who completed (or left) in the 2013/14 academic year is shown in Table 1. Please note that this is the Government contribution only and does not include any employer contributions.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1. Average estimated apprenticeship programme costs to government (2013/14)<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

Age group<\/p><\/td>

Level<\/p><\/td>

Average cost to government<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

16-18<\/p><\/td>

Intermediate Level (L2)<\/p><\/td>

£4,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Advanced Level (L3)<\/p><\/td>

£7,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Higher Levels (L4+)<\/p><\/td>

£5,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

All Levels<\/p><\/td>

£5,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

19+<\/p><\/td>

Intermediate Level (L2)<\/p><\/td>

£1,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Advanced Level (L3)<\/p><\/td>

£2,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Higher Levels (L4+)<\/p><\/td>

£2,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

All Levels<\/p><\/td>

£2,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Notes.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

1) The average apprenticeship programme costs to government have been calculated by the Skills Funding Agency from the final Individualised Learner Record data return (R14) for the 2013/14 academic year. It is based on all government-funded apprenticeship programmes that ended in the 2013/14 academic year (including both completers and early leavers)<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

2) The age group refers to the age of learners at start of the programme<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

3) The average costs to government are rounded to the nearest £100.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

4) The costs of different apprenticeship frameworks are highly variable.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

5) The funding of apprenticeships is currently under review and costs could change considerably in the near future.<\/p>

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The Government is on track to deliver its aspiration of awarding 25% of central government business to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), directly and through the supply chain. We have already substantially reformed the public procurement landscape to level the playing field for suppliers of different sizes and make things easier for all. Further measures that come into force in early 2015 to make public sector business more accessible to SMEs include:<\/p>

· Ensuring all new contract opportunities are accessible in one place;<\/p>

· Removing burdensome Pre-Qualification (PQQs) for low vale procurements and standardising PQQs for higher value contracts; and<\/p>

· Ensuring all suppliers in public sector supply chains are paid promptly.<\/p>

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