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1007754

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date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support foster carers to assist their former fostered children when they leave care.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2014, the government introduced ‘Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above’ which allows care leavers to continue living with their former foster carer when they reach age 18: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/staying-put-arrangements-for-care-leavers-aged-18-years-and-above" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/staying-put-arrangements-for-care-leavers-aged-18-years-and-above</a>. This means young people can continue to benefit from a stable and secure family setting, preparing for independence at a more gradual pace and moving into independent living when they are ready, rather than facing a cliff-edge on reaching age 18.</p><p>To support local authorities to implement Staying Put we have provided £68.35 million to date. Funding for 2019/20 will be £23.77 million, and funding beyond 2020 will be subject to future spending reviews.</p><p>The latest data show that for the year ending March 2018, 55% of those ceasing to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday stayed put with their former foster carer, which is an increase of 4% on the previous year. Furthermore, 31% of 19 year-olds were still with former foster carers on their 19th birthday, and 26% of 20 year-olds still with former foster carers on their 20th birthday. Again, these were both increases on the previous year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 15:52:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1007755

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Taxis: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents of taxi fare evasion reported to police in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on police recorded crime, which are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest figures, for the year ending June 2018, can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p><p>Crimes involving taxi fare evasion will be included within the category of making off without payment along with other incidents such as driving off from a petrol station without paying for fuel and leaving a restaurant without paying the bill. However, from information held centrally it is not possible to identify incidents of taxi fare evasion.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/11/2018 13:10:45 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1007756

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard taxi drivers from taxi fare evaders.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s Best Practice Guidance suggests that signs or notices that set out the expectations of passengers when travelling in a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) are displayed. This could include that passengers ensure they are aware of the fare on the meter and notify the driver if it is approaching the limit of their financial means. When a fare has been agreed before setting off passengers should ensure they have the means to pay before travelling.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation allows taxi drivers to recover unpaid fares and costs to be recovered should a passenger refuse to pay.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/11/2018 12:51:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1007135

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Youth unemployment down 50% since 2010, published on gov.uk on 16 October 2018, what proportion of recorded employment was under a zero-hours contract.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	191422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) use the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide estimates for the number of people employed on zero hours’ contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS figures for people in employment on zero hours’ contracts broken down by age, do not go back to 2010 and are only currently available up to April-June 2018. Therefore no directly comparable figures to the youth unemployment statistics cited are available.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of young people are not employed on zero hours’ contracts. In 2018 (Apr-Jun) there were 261,000 16-24 year olds on a zero hours’ contracts – representing only 6.9% of employed 16-24 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>This is down from 299,000 young people (7.8% of employed young people) in 2017 (Apr-Jun), but a slight increase from the first comparable data available, which shows in 2014 (Apr-Jun) there were 235,000 young people on a zero hours’ contract (or 6.3% of employed young people).</p><p> </p><p>Many people in full-time education are employed on zero hours’ contracts, in part because of the flexibility they provide. 18.5% of all people in 2018 (Apr-Jun) on zero hours’ contracts were in full-time education – compared to 2.3% of people not on a zero hours’ contract.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS data shows that the majority of people on zero hours’ contracts are happy with the hours provided by their zero hours’ contract.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/11/2018 16:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 85857 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1007136

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Synthetic Cannabinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents related to the drug Spice have been reported in prisons in South Yorkshire in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	191423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17, there were 206 incidents where Spice was found in South Yorkshire prisons, and in 2017/18, there were 154 incidents. Data for finds of psychoactive substances in the months since March 2018 will be available on GOV.UK in July 2019, as part of the Annual HMPPS Digest. The number of drug finds reflects not only the number of attempts to convey illicit substances into our prisons but also our success in finding these drugs.</p><p> </p><p>Psychoactive substances are a game changer for prison safety, and this statistic reinforces the scale of the challenge. We are addressing this head on, and have invested £7 million in modern technology, including phone blocking technology and improved searching techniques. We have made it a criminal offence to possess psychoactive substances in prison and trained more than 300 sniffer dogs specifically to detect these drugs.</p><p> </p><p>We are also adopting pioneering approaches such as our ‘Drug Recovery Prison’ pilot at HMP Holme House, which is leading the way in tackling the supply of drugs and putting offenders on a long-term path to recovery.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/11/2018 17:01:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 85863 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1007138

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Babcock International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has temporarily transferred any services performed by Babcock Defence Support Group back to his Department.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	191326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>None of the services presently covered by the Babcock Defence Support Group Service Provision and Transformation Contract have been transferred back to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/11/2018 17:27:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1007139

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans for the first of the new blue British passports to be issued.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	191265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The return to a blue passport will be introduced in a phased approach, which is now familiar when bringing in a redesign of the British passport to ensure a smooth and safe transition. The first of the new blue passports will be issued in late 2019, and all new British passports will be blue from early 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/11/2018 17:20:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1007140

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Minesweepers: Sonar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is to refit Sandown-class minehunters with the Thales 2093 Wideband sonar system.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	191327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Sandown-Class Minehunters are currently undergoing a technical refresh programme, which will update the seven platforms with the Thales 2093 Sonar. The capability upgrade for the First of Class was successfully completed in September 2018. Future capability upgrades are aligned with individual ship's upkeep programmes.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/11/2018 14:52:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1007141

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of publicly-funded CAMHS in-patient services are delivered by private providers; and what the names are of those providers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	191397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows total child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) expenditure for the last five years split by type of provider. The information relates to Tier 4 specialised mental health beds for children and young people, aged 13-18, commissioned by NHS England. CAMHS Tier 4 includes general inpatient care and specialised eating disorders services. These figures will include very small elements of non-in-patient services as we are unable to detail spend on inpatients only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>CAMHS Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at Independent Sector (IS) Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at National Health Service Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at IS Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at NHS Providers on CAMHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>252.0</p></td><td><p>122.0</p></td><td><p>130.0</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>279.6</p></td><td><p>120.3</p></td><td><p>159.3</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>319.1</p></td><td><p>136.6</p></td><td><p>182.5</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>341.5</p></td><td><p>156.4</p></td><td><p>185.1</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>355.2</p></td><td><p>156.5</p></td><td><p>198.7</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend in Independent Sector providers in 2017/18 totalled £156.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 191398 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:23:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1007142

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on CAMHS in-patient services in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that spend is received by private providers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	191398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows total child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) expenditure for the last five years split by type of provider. The information relates to Tier 4 specialised mental health beds for children and young people, aged 13-18, commissioned by NHS England. CAMHS Tier 4 includes general inpatient care and specialised eating disorders services. These figures will include very small elements of non-in-patient services as we are unable to detail spend on inpatients only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>CAMHS Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at Independent Sector (IS) Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at National Health Service Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at IS Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at NHS Providers on CAMHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>252.0</p></td><td><p>122.0</p></td><td><p>130.0</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>279.6</p></td><td><p>120.3</p></td><td><p>159.3</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>319.1</p></td><td><p>136.6</p></td><td><p>182.5</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>341.5</p></td><td><p>156.4</p></td><td><p>185.1</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>355.2</p></td><td><p>156.5</p></td><td><p>198.7</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend in Independent Sector providers in 2017/18 totalled £156.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 191397 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:23:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger