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805173

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date	12/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of assurance mechanisms operated by government bodies on the employment practices of contracted-out staff.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Where civil servants are working for a non civil service organisation, this is done under a secondment agreement and not as contracting out.</p><p> </p><p>In such situations, a secondment agreement is normally put in place between the two organisations setting out the responsibilities of both towards the secondee during the period of the secondment. Through this, the employing department is able to satisfy itself that the host organisation is aware of and able to discharge the relevant employment responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in section 10.3 of the Civil Service Management Code, civil servants who are on secondment remain subject to their normal terms and conditions, including in relation to conduct, discipline and disclosure of information. Where a secondee has any concerns about the practices in the host organisation, they can raise that with their employing department, who is able to take action and, if necessary, end the secondment.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 07/03/2018 10:46:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805235

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's consultation on tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market, which closed on 19 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	118907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made today by the Secretary of State (HCWS384).</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-12-21/HCWS384/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-12-21/HCWS384/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/12/2017 16:27:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

805270

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Private Rented Housing: Natural Gas
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 has he had with the Health and Safety Executive on the efficacy of landlords' gas safety checks being conducted without equipment to test for carbon monoxide.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	118942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is part of a Cross Government Group including the Department for Communities and Local Government, which promotes a joined up approach across Government on carbon monoxide safety policy.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive’s Approved Code of Practice (L56) sets out the minimum requirements for a gas safety check. This focuses on ensuring the appliance burns properly, that there is adequate ventilation and the effectiveness of the flue associated with the appliance rather than specifying the use of equipment to test for carbon monoxide.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/12/2017 15:52:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

805326

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Yorkshire farmers receive direct payments and rural development support from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	118998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>There are 12,346 farm holding in the Yorkshire and Humberside Unitary Authority of which 9,971 submitted an application for Basic Payment Scheme and 6,434 submitted applications under the various Agri-Environment Schemes.</p><p> </p><p>A range of businesses have been able to access grants and since the launch of the Rural Development Programme for England in 2014 a total of 348 projects in Yorkshire have received funding from 2,666 offered across England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/02/2018 11:48:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

805327

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy farmers in Yorkshire will receive the same amount of subsidies from the Government as they do from the EU Common Agricultural Policy after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	118999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament, expected in 2022. This is a greater level of security and certainty for farmers and landowners than anywhere else in the EU, where funding is guaranteed only to 2020. This total includes all EU and Exchequer funding provided for farm support under both Pillar I and Pillar II.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/12/2017 15:09:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

805329

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the effect on exports from Yorkshire to the EU of not having a trade agreement with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	119001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>As part of our work preparing to make a success of our departure from the European Union, we are carrying out a broad range of analysis as you would expect a responsible Government to do.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials across government engage regularly on regional issues to ensure each department’s work programmes consider the impact of Brexit on regions and nations of the UK, including Yorkshire. In the last year three present and former DExEU ministers visited Yorkshire. In October, the Secretary of State and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Steve Baker met with the Northern Combined Authority Mayors in York. Prior to that, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Bridges hosted a roundtable in Leeds with Yorkshire business leaders and visited a manufacturing site.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As we move into the second phase of negotiations we are confident of agreeing a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement with the EU that is of greater scope than any such existing agreement. We believe that securing a future partnership between the UK and EU is in the interests of both sides, so we approach these negotiations anticipating success. We do not want or expect an outcome where no trade agreement is agreed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/12/2017 14:51:24 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

805331

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the level of availability of part-time jobs in secondary schools on levels of teacher retention.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	119003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>There is evidence that part time and other types of flexible working can benefit employees, and may contribute to improved retention in both primary and secondary schools. For example, recent research from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)[1] on teacher retention recommended that schools should consider how to implement flexible working opportunities. The Department also carried out a survey of teacher workload and working hours in 2016[2], and committed to gathering information on teacher workload every two years.</p><p>My Right Hon Friend, The Secretary of State for education held a national summit on flexible working in October, which examined the role of Government and others in improving flexible working opportunities for teachers. As a result of the summit. more than 60 pledges were made by the Department, schools and other organisations. Departmental guidance was published this year to help teachers who are considering working flexibly, and to help schools and employers to encourage, support, and enable flexible working requests. The guidance, and a new policy paper on increasing flexible working opportunities in schools, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increasing-flexible-working-in-schools/increasing-flexible-working-opportunities-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/increasing-flexible-working-in-schools/increasing-flexible-working-opportunities-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/LFSB01/LFSB01.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/LFSB01/LFSB01.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-workload-survey-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-workload-survey-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 119759 question first answered 22/12/2017 12:40:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

805371

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Financial Services: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	to ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to his Department's publication Ministerial Meetings: January to March 2017, if he will publish the names of the attendees at the Fintech Roundtable attended by Robin Walker MP.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of ministerial and senior official meetings are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 118948 118951 118954 118958 118972 118986 118993 119051 119342 119349 119359 119369 119375 question first answered 21/12/2017 13:24:26 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

805376

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for completing security checks on new members of staff in each prison in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	119048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The average time for completing security checks within each prison has been collated and is included within Annex A which accompanies this PQ.</p><p>The average times contained in Annex A are based on data from 21 December 2016 (when MoJ’s new recruitment system was introduced) to 10 December 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/01/2018 17:47:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Copy of OFFICIAL SESNITIVE - PQ 119048- Data for response for Richard Burgon.xls title Annex A
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

805379

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to his Department's publication Ministerial meetings, January to March 2017, if he will publish the names of the attendees at the tourism roundtable hosted by Robin Walker MP.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of ministerial and senior official meetings are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Returns, which are made publicly available on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 118948 118951 118954 118958 118972 118986 118993 119043 119342 119349 119359 119369 119375 question first answered 21/12/2017 13:24:26 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett