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804525

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, many police forces in England and Wales use drones in response to (a) motorbike, (b) off-road bike and (c) moped related crimes.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police forces operating drones. Deployment of drones is an operational decision for forces.</p><p>In a study published on 30 November HMICFRS reported that 28 Police Forces use drones.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118728 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:19:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804526

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of police forces using drones in response to (a) motorbike, (b) off-road bike and (c) moped related crimes.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police forces operating drones. Deployment of drones is an operational decision for forces.</p><p>In a study published on 30 November HMICFRS reported that 28 Police Forces use drones.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118727 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:19:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804527

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people aged (a) 18-24, and (b) over 24 in (i) Sunderland and (ii) the north east of England have enrolled in (A) further and (B) higher education in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The following outlines the details of those in further education.</p><p>The proportion of people in specified age groups participating in further education in:</p><p>Houghton and Sunderland South constituency:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 18-24</p></td><td><p>28.5%</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 25+</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>North East of England:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 18-24</p></td><td><p>24.7%</p></td><td><p>22.4%</p></td><td><p>21.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 25+</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) These figures include Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning, and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges, and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.</p><p>(2) Proportions include the number of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the calculated proportions for each academic year.</p><p>(3) Learner age is as reported on 31 August of each academic year</p><p>(4) Learners are allocated to regions/constituencies based upon their home postcode</p><p>(5) Population estimates derived from published Office for National Statistics data:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesanalysistool" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesanalysistool</a></p><p>(6) Mid-year population estimates were used to calculate the proportion of Further Education (FE) participants for the subsequent academic year; for example, mid-2016 population estimates were used to derive the proportion of FE participants in the 2016/17 academic year not 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The following outlines the details of those in Higher Education.</p><p> </p><p>UCAS publish the entry rate for 18 year olds to full-time undergraduate courses by parliamentary constituency. The entry rates for older age groups by parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><p> </p><p>18-year-old entry rates to full-time undergraduate courses</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton and Sunderland South constituency</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td><td><p>25.5%</p></td><td><p>26.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East of England</p></td><td><p>27.8%</p></td><td><p>28.9%</p></td><td><p>30.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Data are published by teh Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) as part of their End of Cycle reports. See: <a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/2017-end-cycle-report" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/2017-end-cycle-report</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/86541/download?token=PQnaAI5f" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/86541/download?token=PQnaAI5f</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:20:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804528

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to further and higher education institutions for people living in (a) Sunderland and (b) the north east of England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The government funds a wide range of Further Education colleges and private training providers across the North East. In addition, the National Apprenticeship Service works with a wide range of public and private sector employers in the region to promote apprenticeships to individuals of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17 there were 9,080 adults participating in Further Education in Sunderland and 208,520 in the North East.</p><p> </p><p>A number of financial support programmes are available to 16-19 year olds to help with the costs associated with post-16 education. These are: the 16-19 Bursary Fund (which is commonly used to cover the costs of transport, educational trips, and course equipment), Care to Learn (which provides childcare funding and related travel costs for young parents aged under 20) and support with accommodation costs for students aged 16 to 19 via the Residential Bursary Fund and the Residential Student Support. All programmes are subject to eligibilities, but are designed to ensure 16-19 year olds are able to participate regardless of their financial situation.</p><p> </p><p>To support access for adults from disadvantaged groups in the North East and across England, the Adult Education Budget funds colleges and providers to help adult learners to overcome barriers which prevent them from taking part in learning. This includes Learner Support to help learners with a specific financial hardship and to meet the additional needs of students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Data published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service shows that the 18-year-old entry rate to full-time Higher Education (HE) for the North East of England has increased proportionally by 34 per cent this year, compared to 2006 and by 24.8% in Houghton and South Sunderland. In our last guidance to the Director of Fair Access we asked that areas with the poorest progression to higher education receive particular attention. This includes through more long-term outreach and collaboration with schools.</p><p> </p><p>HE Institutions expect to spend more than £860 million on measures to improve access and student success for those from disadvantaged backgrounds through access agreements with the Director of Fair Access for 2018/19. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has put in place ‘The National Collaborative Outreach Programme’ which provides £120 million to 29 consortia undertaking outreach activity in geographical areas where the higher education participation of young people is both low and much lower than expected based on GCSE-level attainment. The North East Collaborative Outreach Programme, covering North East England is one of the consortia being funded.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:46:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804529

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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, what proportion of students studying at (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge university came from (a) Sunderland and (b) the north east of England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK higher education institutions (HEIs), including information on the location of each student’s permanent home address before they started their course (known as “domicile”). Across all English HEIs, 0.3% of students enrolled in the academic year 2015/16 were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area and 3.4% were domiciled in the North East region.</p><p> </p><p>The attached tables detail the numbers of students who were enrolled at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in the academic year 2015/16 who were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, the North East region and England respectively, broken down by level of study.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 0.1% of students enrolled at the University of Oxford were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, and 1.3% domiciled in the North East region as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 0.1% of students enrolled at the University of Cambridge were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, and 1.4% domiciled in the North East region as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/12/2017 15:24:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone attachment 1 file name 118731 - Attachment - 121217.docx title Enrolments by level of study for selected domicile
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804535

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England and Wales have a dedicated careers adviser.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	118737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy, published on 4 December 2017, explains the importance of careers professionals to our long term plan to build a world class careers system.</p><p>The department publishes data on the number of staff in schools with the role of careers adviser, but not on independent careers advisers employed by schools.</p><p>There are 298 schools that reported employing a careers advisor in state funded schools in England, November 2017. The source of this information is the annual School Workforce Census.</p><p>Information for Wales is a matter for its devolved administration.</p><p>Schools were placed under a statutory duty to secure independent careers guidance for pupils in September 2012. Schools can retain in-house arrangements for providing careers guidance but must combine this with support from external sources to meet their legal requirements. Statutory guidance underpinning the duty is clear that this should include face-to-face guidance where it is the most suitable.</p><p>The statutory guidance encourages schools to search for qualified careers practitioners in their area on the UK Register of Career Development Professionals. Individuals providing careers development services can apply to join the register if they are professionally qualified in a career development subject to a minimum of Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) Level 6, adhere to the Career Development Institute Code of Ethics and undertake and record a minimum of 25 hours continuing professional development each year. As of June 2017 there were nearly 1,300 people on the register.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 16:55:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

804537

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans automatically to enrol children on the pupil premium.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	118739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We know there are some concerns that schools could be missing out on valuable pupil premium funding following the introduction of universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) and under registration for free school meals (FSM). However, school census data shows that overall; the introduction of UIFSM has not adversely affected infant registration rates.</p><p> </p><p>We want to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility for FSM and my department is exploring what opportunities exist in the longer term to make FSM registration processes more efficient.</p><p> </p><p>The current FSM eligibility criteria requires a claim for the meal to be made on behalf of the pupil. We know that schools and local councils have worked hard over recent years to encourage all eligible families to register for FSM, to ensure that schools receive the full amount of pupil premium funding to which they are entitled. It is possible for schools to identify these pupils, for example through their enrolment processes. We have highlighted and disseminated best practice from these schools and local councils for other schools to use, including a model registration form and guidance.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/12/2017 16:58:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

804548

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government's mandate to NHS England for 2017-18, what progress NHS England has made on meeting (a) A&E and (b) Referral-to-Treatment waiting time targets.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>In assessing NHS England’s performance for 2016-17, the Secretary of State’s annual assessment laid in Parliament in July 2017 acknowledged that continued growth in demand has put pressure on patient access and that the National Health Service is not meeting core standards set out in the NHS Constitution. The assessment makes clear that this remains a key priority for Government and this is reflected in the mandate for 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/12/2017 11:26:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

804549

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many maternity units in England turned away an expectant mother who was in labour since 1 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The requested information on the number of expectant mothers who were in labour and turned away from maternity units in England since 1 January 2017 is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In some cases, midwives may advise an expectant mother in early labour that it would be in her best interest to return home until the labour progresses further.</p><p> </p><p>There are occasions when a unit may be temporarily closed or cannot safely accept more women into their care. It is important of course, in such cases, that there are systems and guidelines in place to ensure pregnant women have access to the next closest maternity unit and the type of care they have chosen, including midwifery-led care.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/12/2017 11:25:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

804551

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) staff in his Department held with (i) professional bodies, (ii) other stakeholders on the decision by NHS England not to publish the number of NHS hospitals that issue operational pressures escalation levels alerts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and his Ministers meet with a variety of stakeholders on a regular basis, as do staff in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Operational Pressures Escalation Level framework is a useful tool that may be used locally to monitor operational pressures. NHS England, however, uses a wider and more in depth number of data sources through winter to help monitor performance and ensure appropriate responses to specific pressures. These include information on bed availability and occupancy, cancelled operations, accident and emergency waits, ambulance performance and delayed transfers of care. In addition, winter daily situation reports are also collected from acute trusts across the country each weekday and indicate where there are any winter pressures. These are published on a weekly basis.</p><p> </p><p>Winter daily situation reports are published by NHS England and can accessed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2017-18-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2017-18-data/</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/12/2017 16:39:44 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth