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1085844

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to publish a response to its call for evidence on home education.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	909689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>There were more than 3000 responses to the call for evidence which are still being considered. Many dedicated families are doing a very good job educating their children at home, taking on heavy responsibilities in doing so.</p><p>We are concerned, however, that overall numbers of children said to be being educated at home are rising, the reasons for which are complex. We need to help local authorities deal effectively with children who are not in school. We will publish the Government’s response soon.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 16:47:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1085845

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Truancy: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fines for unauthorised school absence on school attendance levels.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	909690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Parents have a duty to ensure their child of compulsory school age, who is registered at school, attends regularly.</p><p>We have not formally assessed the impact of penalty notices but comparable data shows overall absence rates have remained fairly stable across recent years, following a downward trend since 2006/07 (4.7% in 2016/17, compared to 6.5% in 2006/07).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 16:51:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1085846

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for rural schools.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
uin	909694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets Her Majesty's Treasury Ministers regularly to discuss matters of shared interest, including funding for schools.</p><p>The Department provides additional support aimed at rural schools. For example, the sparsity factor in the National Funding Formula allocates £25 million specifically to schools that are both small and remote.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 16:57:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1085847

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress his Department has made on helping families to access childcare.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	909697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>By 2020 this government will be spending £6 billion on supporting families with childcare. All 3 and 4 year olds, and the most disadvantaged 2 year olds, can access 15 hours a week of early education. From September 2017, this government doubled the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that parents’ working patterns vary significantly and want to ensure that the free entitlements deliver childcare to meet their needs, as well as being high quality early education to support the development needs of children. We are also encouraging partnerships between providers to support flexible provision.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, we want 30 hours to continue to build on the flexible provision that we were already seeing across the country with the universal 15 hours. All the free entitlements can be “stretched” by taking fewer hours per week over up to 52 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays, for example 23 hours for 48 weeks of the year, and free places can be delivered at weekends.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2019 17:01:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

1082375

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	INTERPOL
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what diplomatic steps he has taken to promote the correct usage and proper functioning of Interpol red notices among his foreign counterparts.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	228770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>INTERPOL is a crucial organisation enabling police to police cooperation between 194 member countries.</p><p>Any misuse of INTERPOL notices is taken very seriously by this government.</p><p><br>The Home Office continues to work with INTERPOL and the National Crime Agency (NCA), which acts as the UK’s National Central Bureau for INTERPOL, on this matter and strongly supports INTERPOL’s efforts to ensure systems are in place that protect individuals’ human rights. Article 3 of INTERPOL's Constitution strictly forbids any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/03/2019 16:21:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1082455

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
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 improve quality and choice in higher education.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	909698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The department has established a new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), and has given it the legislative powers and a clear remit to create the conditions in which the interests of students are consistently prioritised, and in which a diversity of high quality institutions can thrive. The OfS holds providers to account for delivering well-designed courses that offer successful outcomes for all of their students.</p><p>The department is taking a number of steps to enhance the information, advice and guidance available to anyone considering higher education. In particular:</p><ul><li>We have introduced the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework to provide students with reliable information about the quality of teaching and outcomes they can expect from different institutions.</li><li>Through the Higher Education Open Data Competition, we are supporting the development of new, innovative digital tools to help provide information to prospective students on graduate outcomes.</li><li>We are working with the OfS to redesign the higher education course comparison website, Unistats, by autumn 2019.</li></ul> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/03/2019 16:56:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1082530

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nimrod Aircraft: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the operating cost per unit of Nimrod aircraft in each financial year until their withdrawal from service in 2011.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	229135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/03/2019 16:55:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1082539

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to Credit Unions to improve their governance policies.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	229202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to supporting credit unions, which provide vital services to financially under-served communities and contribute to the diversity of the UK’s financial services sector.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced a two-year pilot of a new prize-linked savings scheme offered through credit unions. This will support the credit union sector through increased membership, awareness and deposits, as well as encouraging participants to build up savings to help them cope with financial shocks. The Chancellor also announced a new £2 million challenge fund to promote innovative solutions from the UK’s Fintech sector to address challenges faced by social and community lenders, including credit unions.</p><p> </p><p>This Government believes improving governance in the sector is best led by the sector itself, and supports ABCUL’s work in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/03/2019 14:19:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1082540

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Santander Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Ministers have met with officials from Santander bank in the last two years; and on what dates those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	229203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, including Santander Bank, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/03/2019 14:32:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1082546

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when travellers from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States will be able to use eGates at UK ports.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	229205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Border Force is on track to launch the expanded ePassport gate eligibility for nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States as well as Singapore and South Korea by summer 2019. This is in line with the Chancellor’s announcement during the autumn budget 2018.</p><p><br>Nationals of these countries will be able to use ePassport gates where they are present at any UK port and juxtaposed location.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 229206 question first answered 11/03/2019 16:35:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle