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674749

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Office for National Statistics: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean and (b) median gender pay gap is for (i) part-time and (ii) full-time staff at the Office for National Statistics.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	60545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/01/2017 16:02:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 60545 v.02.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Gender Pay Gap
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

674760

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sub-letting: Holiday Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on subletting through companies, such as Airbnb, to mandate the owner's permission before that accommodation is sublet.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Victoria Borwick
uin	60637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government supports the shared economy, and subletting where the tenant has the landlord’s agreement. Generally, a tenancy agreement will state that before subletting, a tenant must obtain the landlord’s consent, which must not be unreasonably withheld, and we have made it clear in our model tenancy agreement for assured shorthold tenancies that tenants must always seek permission from the landlord before subletting all or part of the property.</p><p>The Government does not wish to be prescriptive in these matters and individuals should have regard to the terms of their tenancy agreement and/or lease when considering subletting.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60638 question first answered 24/01/2017 15:14:05 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4502 label Biography information for Victoria Borwick

674762

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on ensuring that there is more flexibility in the criteria for disabled people to be included on the housing register for an accessible home.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	60612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes it is important that people who require accessible housing are given the right level of priority under a council's allocation scheme, and that councils and social landlords are able to make the best use of affordable housing in their area, including accommodation which is accessible or has been adapted. That is why, through the Localism Act 2011, we have retained the statutory reasonable preference requirements which ensure that priority for social housing is given to those who need to move on medical and welfare grounds (including grounds relating to a disability).</p><p>We recognise that accessible housing registers can be useful, and we are aware that some councils have incorporated such an approach into their lettings system, and in London there is a city-wide London Accessible Housing Register (https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/housing-and-land/renting/london-accessible-housing-register).</p><p>My department regularly discusses the housing needs of disabled people with local authorities and the housing sector.</p><p /> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 24/01/2017 13:51:18 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

674763

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of amounts raised from the social care precept for local authorities with disproportionate requirements for funding on social care.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	60503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>If all councils were to take up the flexibility the Government has offered in relation to the social care precept, it could raise up to £1,023 million in 2017-18 and £1,734 million in 2018-19. However the precept is only one part of the picture. Next year councils will also benefit from the one-off Adult Social Care Support Grant which we propose to distribute based on relative needs, and additional funding comes on-stream through the improved Better Care Fund which rises to £1.5 billion by 2019-20, and will be distributed based on relative need taking into account the ability to raise council tax. Over the four years of the settlement 2016-20, the Government has made available £7.6 million of dedicated funding for adult social care, meaning local government will have access to the funding it needs to increase social care spending every year in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/01/2017 13:48:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

674772

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Director of Fair Access can issue fines to universities.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	60557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) publishes information on universities’ performance against their widening participation targets as part of its annual monitoring of access agreements, approved by the Director of Fair Access (DfA) to Higher Education.</p><p>The 2014-15 monitoring publication <em>‘Outcomes of</em> <em>Access Agreement Monitoring 2014-15’</em>, can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf</a></p><p>The variation in the number, focus and ambition of targets set by an institution means that caution should be taken in using the summary data to make direct comparisons between individual institutions.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14 OFFA reported on targets at sector level rather than institutional level. Full monitoring returns can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring</a></p><p>The DfA can direct the Higher Education Funding Council for England to impose specified financial requirements on the governing body of an institution if it has failed, in the DfA’s view, to comply with the requirements in its approved plan. No fines have been imposed on universities using this power.</p><p><br>The legislation makes clear that where the governing body can show that it has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its access agreement, this will not be considered as failure.</p><p>This approach has been successful with record numbers of disadvantaged students in higher education, including in high tariff institutions, and the highest rates of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) participation in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 60577 60578 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:33:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

674775

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with the devolved administrations to combat anti-Semitism and holocaust denial in schools, colleges and on university campuses.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	60505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education takes antisemitism extremely seriously. There is no place in any education institution for hatred or any form of harassment, discrimination or racism, including antisemitism.</p><p>In particular, we believe that young people should be taught the history of the Holocaust and the lessons it teaches today. We are committed to supporting and funding Holocaust education in schools.</p><p>The department’s responsibilities extend to England only.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/01/2017 17:35:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

674776

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the wastage rates school support staff in each of the last 10 years (a) in total and (b) for each type of support staff.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	60621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 60679 question first answered 26/01/2017 15:51:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

674778

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of school-based counselling services in Wales and Northern Ireland in improving young people's educational attainment and attendance in schools; and what her policy is on whether such services should be established in England.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	60620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Good mental health and wellbeing are a priority for the Department.</p><p>Schools are best placed to make decisions on the most appropriate support to provide for their pupils, including school-based counselling, based on their individual circumstances. We know that many primary and secondary schools already provide counselling services and we want to encourage all schools to make these services available to their pupils. To help them to do this, we have published a blueprint for school counselling services which provides schools with practical, evidence-based advice on how to deliver high quality school-based counselling to all pupils, including vulnerable children who have a higher prevalence of mental health issues. This was drawn up with experts in the field and took account of the evaluations made of practice in other countries, including the devolved administrations.</p><p>We are currently conducting a large-scale survey of schools and colleges about what they offer to support the mental health and wellbeing of their pupils and students. The results should be available in the Spring and will provide the first nationally representative estimates of the different types of support available in schools and colleges, including school-based counselling, as well as information about how this support is provided and how effective schools think it is. This will inform the new green paper on children and young people’s mental health that we are developing with the Department of Health.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 25/01/2017 15:24:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

674779

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities did not meet widening participation targets agreed with the Office for Fair Access in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	60577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) publishes information on universities’ performance against their widening participation targets as part of its annual monitoring of access agreements, approved by the Director of Fair Access (DfA) to Higher Education.</p><p>The 2014-15 monitoring publication <em>‘Outcomes of</em> <em>Access Agreement Monitoring 2014-15’</em>, can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf</a></p><p>The variation in the number, focus and ambition of targets set by an institution means that caution should be taken in using the summary data to make direct comparisons between individual institutions.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14 OFFA reported on targets at sector level rather than institutional level. Full monitoring returns can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring</a></p><p>The DfA can direct the Higher Education Funding Council for England to impose specified financial requirements on the governing body of an institution if it has failed, in the DfA’s view, to comply with the requirements in its approved plan. No fines have been imposed on universities using this power.</p><p><br>The legislation makes clear that where the governing body can show that it has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its access agreement, this will not be considered as failure.</p><p>This approach has been successful with record numbers of disadvantaged students in higher education, including in high tariff institutions, and the highest rates of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) participation in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 60557 60578 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:33:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

674781

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines the Director of Fair Access has issued to universities that have not met widening participation targets in each year since the establishment of that office.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	60578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) publishes information on universities’ performance against their widening participation targets as part of its annual monitoring of access agreements, approved by the Director of Fair Access (DfA) to Higher Education.</p><p>The 2014-15 monitoring publication <em>‘Outcomes of</em> <em>Access Agreement Monitoring 2014-15’</em>, can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf</a></p><p>The variation in the number, focus and ambition of targets set by an institution means that caution should be taken in using the summary data to make direct comparisons between individual institutions.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14 OFFA reported on targets at sector level rather than institutional level. Full monitoring returns can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring</a></p><p>The DfA can direct the Higher Education Funding Council for England to impose specified financial requirements on the governing body of an institution if it has failed, in the DfA’s view, to comply with the requirements in its approved plan. No fines have been imposed on universities using this power.</p><p><br>The legislation makes clear that where the governing body can show that it has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its access agreement, this will not be considered as failure.</p><p>This approach has been successful with record numbers of disadvantaged students in higher education, including in high tariff institutions, and the highest rates of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) participation in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 60557 60577 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:33:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley