@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answerText "

As I said in my answer to Oral Question 902942 on 14 December, I can confirm to my hon. Friend that the Government are working closely with the aviation sector to ensure that it continues to be a major success story for the UK economy. Ministers and officials in our Department and in the Department for Transport have met widely with representatives of the sector since the referendum in 2016, covering the full spectrum of issues affecting the industry.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Worcester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Robin Walker" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-12-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-12-14T16:45:23.41Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The department does not design education policy that exclusively targets certain groups of pupils with characteristics that are protected by the Equality Act 2010, including policy based on gender. We are committed to providing high quality education and training for everyone, whatever their background or personal characteristics.

Since 2010, the government has pursued a reform agenda to drive up academic standards for all and level up for the most disadvantaged pupils. When it comes to raising standards, evidence shows that teachers are the most important in-school factor affecting pupils’ education. In June 2021, the department announced an investment of over £250 million in the National Professional Qualifications and Early Career Framework programmes which are based on the best available evidence and have been developed in partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation. In addition, in October the department announced a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free for maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in years 1 to 5 of their careers. This will support recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in these subjects and in the schools and areas that need them most. Through this, the department is committed to helping tackle the education gap for all pupils.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Worcester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Robin Walker" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2021-10-26"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2021-10-26T16:37:27.703Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Henry Smith" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace" . parl:answerText "

As set out in the Global Travel Taskforce recommendations, we are engaging bilaterally with international partners to explore how we can open international travel safely, including the potential piloting of digital and non-digital COVID-19 certification. We continue to work with a range of international partners to look at the technology and evidence as it emerges, assessing if it could be applicable to international travel in the future.

These are diplomatically sensitive discussions, and we cannot comment further at this stage. However, the Department for Transport, with colleagues from across UK Government, is now working at all levels to continue dialogue with the US on the specifics of our future travel arrangements.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Witney" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Courts" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2021-04-28"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2021-04-28T10:54:57.03Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Payments are not limited to use on business rates cost only.

The Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme (AGOSS) opened for applications on 29 January to provide support for eligible commercial airports and ground handlers in England. It will provide support up to the equivalent of their business rates liabilities in the 2020/21 financial year, subject to certain conditions and a cap per claimant of £8m.

Grant payments made to successful applicants can be applied toward costs which are essential to enable the operation of a commercial airport or ground handling operations and falls within the list of eligible expenditure.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Witney" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Courts" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2021-02-15"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2021-02-15T11:26:22.023Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Decisions on red, amber and green list countries are taken by Ministers, who take into account risk assessments produced by the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC), alongside wider public health factors. Risk assessments are based on factors such as the level of community transmission of variants of concern or variant under investigation, levels of testing, genomic sequencing and reporting. Details of the in-country and territory vaccination profile are included as contextual information in the assessment.

A summary of the JBC methodology has been published on GOV.UK, alongside key data that supports ministers’ decisions.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Witney" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Courts" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2021-06-07"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "8583" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2021-06-07T15:45:28.603Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Science: Research" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to support human-relevant science." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "272219" ; dcterms:date "2019-07-02"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "27" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Transport" ; parl:hansardHeading "Aviation: Coronavirus" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will remodel the Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme to allow ground handlers to use the grant for other fixed costs as well as business rates relief so that the package equally supports all parts of the aviation supply chain." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "150760" ; dcterms:date "2021-02-08"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "27" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Transport" ; parl:hansardHeading "Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the thresholds are for (a) vaccination rates and (b) infection rates when assigning countries to red, amber and green lists for international travel." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "8584" ; dcterms:date "2021-05-27"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "27" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Transport" ; parl:hansardHeading "Travel: USA" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterparts on resuming trans-Atlantic travel at pre-covid-19 pandemic levels as the covid-19 vaccine roll-out continues." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "185341" ; dcterms:date "2021-04-21"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answerText "

This Government promotes advances in biomedical science and technologies that include stem cell research, in vitro systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging and new computer modelling techniques.

These advances are providing new opportunities to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. Animals can only be used where there is no practicable alternatives and where the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) have been fully implemented. There are no plans to legislate for conducting human-relevant science.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Wyre and Preston North" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Ben Wallace" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-07-10"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-07-10T15:51:23.123Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Animal Experiments" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated animal procedures conducted in 2016 were funded, or part-funded, by registered charities." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "111373" ; dcterms:date "2017-11-03"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Primary Education: Teachers" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) steps his Department is taking and (b) incentives his Department is offering to help increase the proportion of male teachers in primary education." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "71313" ; dcterms:date "2021-11-08"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Decisions on red, amber and green list countries are taken by Ministers, who take into account risk assessments produced by the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC), alongside wider public health factors. Risk assessments are based on factors such as the level of community transmission of variants of concern or variant under investigation, levels of testing, genomic sequencing and reporting. Details of the in-country and territory vaccination profile are included as contextual information in the assessment.

A summary of the JBC methodology has been published on GOV.UK, alongside key data that supports ministers’ decisions.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Witney" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Robert Courts" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2021-06-07"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "8584" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2021-06-07T15:45:28.557Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "27" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Transport" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Transport" ; parl:hansardHeading "Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what criteria countries are assigned to the red, amber and green lists for international travel." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "8583" ; dcterms:date "2021-05-27"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Schools should reflect society and the communities they serve, and it is important to attract and retain high-skilled, talented men into teaching.

The department does this through effective pay structures and by ensuring teaching remains a financially rewarding career. We remain committed to increasing teacher starting salaries to £30,000 to make teaching an attractive graduate option. While the pay restraint in academic year 2021/22 means we are now delivering this commitment to a revised timescale, the 5.5% uplift to starting pay in September 2020 has already made a substantial difference to the competitiveness of the early career pay offer.

The department’s ‘Teaching – Every Lesson Shapes A Life’ recruitment campaign is targeted at audiences of students, recent graduates and potential career changers regardless of gender, and we take every effort to ensure that our advertising is fully reflective of this across the full range of marketing materials we use.

In October, Apply for Teacher Training (Apply), our new application service for initial teacher training (ITT) in England, was rolled out nationally. Apply has been designed to be user-friendly and has been extensively tested with a diverse range of potential applicants, including men, to ensure it helps remove barriers to great teachers applying for ITT courses. Apply will also allow us to collect more data, giving us greater insight into candidate behaviour and the behaviour of providers of teacher training so that the department can identify barriers and work closely with ITT providers to explore, design and test new interventions to recruit more candidates from under-represented backgrounds into the sector.

Alongside a focus on recruitment, it is important we retain male teachers. This will be supported by our work to ensure that all new entrants to teacher training have the best possible start to the early stage of their career, regardless of gender.

World-class programmes developed by the Department for Education to support the school workforce, including our Early Career Framework (ECF) reforms for those at the beginning of careers and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) to develop our best teaching and leadership talent, is the best training for everyone whatever their background. The ECF reforms provide a funded entitlement for all early career teachers in England to access high quality professional development at the start of their careers. NPQs are now freely available to all teachers in state-funded schools, as well as state-funded 16-19 organisations.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Worcester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Robin Walker" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2021-11-17"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2021-11-17T13:42:36.66Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Robin Walker" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Robert Courts" . parl:answerText "

During the implementation period, participating in a customs union should not preclude us from formally negotiating — or indeed signing — trade agreements. Although, of course, they would not enter into force until the implementation period has ended.

After the implementation period, the whole of the UK will be leaving the Customs Union and Single Market and implementing our own independent trade policy. There has been no change to that position.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Worcester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Robin Walker" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-02-02"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-02-02T14:59:38.03Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Home Office does not hold information on the proportion of regulated animal procedures which are funded, or part-funded, by registered charities.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Wyre and Preston North" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Ben Wallace" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-11-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-11-14T15:08:03.767Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "60" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Education" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Education" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Education" ; parl:hansardHeading "Education: Boys" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2021 to Question 10325 on Education: Gender, what additional steps his Department is planning to take to help improve the average outcomes for boys to match those of girls given that the gender learning gap remains high at KS2 and KS4 levels." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "56968" ; dcterms:date "2021-10-15"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "203" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Exiting the European Union " ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Exiting the European Union " ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Exiting the European Union " ; parl:hansardHeading "Customs Unions" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the UK's ability to agree international trade deals after leaving the EU in the event that it is still a member of the EU Customs Union." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "124944" ; dcterms:date "2018-01-25"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "203" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Exiting the European Union" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Exiting the European Union" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Exiting the European Union" ; parl:hansardHeading "Aviation" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union what representations the Government has received from the aviation sector on priorities for the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Crawley" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Henry Smith" ; parl:uin "902943" ; dcterms:date "2017-12-12"^^xsd:dateTime . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "720"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; .