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1006883

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date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for further education institutions.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	191438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We have been allocated £1.5 billion for the Adult Education Budget for each year of the 2015 Spending Review period to engage adults to participate and develop the skills and learning they need up to level 3 to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.</p><p>We are actively exploring the efficiency and resilience of further education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. This work will align closely with the Post-18 Funding Review in particular, to ensure a coherent vision for further and higher education. As with other areas of departmental spending, further education funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next spending review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/11/2018 15:30:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1006998

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: Boeing and Lockheed Martin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of his Department’s Prosperity Framework agreement with (a) Boeing and (b) Lockheed Martin.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	191313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Prosperity Frameworks between the Government and Boeing and Lockheed Martin seek to strengthen the UK's engagement with two of the world's largest aerospace and defence manufactures and to create new opportunities for UK supply companies to win work on their current and future major programmes.</p><p>They also represent a shared ambition with each of these companies to expand their footprints in the UK and increase their UK research and development.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/11/2018 17:26:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1006999

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: Boeing and Lockheed Martin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent activities his Department has undertaken with (a) Boeing and (b) Lockheed Martin as part of the Prosperity Framework agreements.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	191314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Activities under the 2016 agreement with Boeing, include supplier development workshops to assist UK companies in bidding for work with Boeing and major events in the US to connect UK companies with key Boeing civil and defence decision-makers and buyers. In October 2018, the Government, Boeing and ADS (the UK trade association) organised a Defence Supplier Showcase.</p><p>The Prosperity Framework with Lockheed Martin was signed in July 2018. A number of workshops have already been held to identify areas of opportunity and to undertake further detailed planning around future joint work.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/11/2018 17:28:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1007000

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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to sign further Prosperity Framework agreements.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	191315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>No further Prosperity Framework agreements are planned at this stage. However, we are open to signing further agreements where these offer the potential to grow a company's UK footprint, create new opportunities for UK suppliers and deliver benefits for wider UK prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/11/2018 17:29:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1007803

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Ceasefires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the UN Special Envoy's efforts to get parties to the Yemen conflict to agree to a cessation of hostilities.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	191941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>On Monday 19 November, the UK circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities, steps to improve the humanitarian situation, and support for the work of the UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/11/2018 12:05:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

1007806

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to get (a) food and (b) fuel imports into Yemen during the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	191942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK government continues to raise concerns with the Saudi led-Coalition about the potential impact of any assault on the port and city of Hodeidah and is in regular contact with the Coalition about the need to ensure that any further military operations do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows both through the port and onwards across the country. To date, Red Sea ports remain operational and continue to import most of the food and fuel on which Yemenis rely.</p><p>As we have consistently made clear, the Houthis must facilitate access throughout areas they control which is where most of the population live.</p><p>As part of our effort to secure vital access for food, fuel, and medicine into and throughout Yemen, the UK is also providing £1.3 million to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism to give the Saudi-led Coalition confidence that weapons are not coming in to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on large commercial ships.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/11/2018 15:51:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

1006905

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	Psychiatric Patients: Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of e-cigarettes in reducing smoking rates among in patients in mental health facilities.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	191445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has published assessments of the population level impact of e-cigarette use in reducing smoking rates, as part of its annual reviews of the evidence base on e-cigarettes and novel products. The most recent review can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684963/Evidence_review_of_e-cigarettes_and_heated_tobacco_products_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684963/Evidence_review_of_e-cigarettes_and_heated_tobacco_products_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2018 11:38:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1007179

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department are working on (a) early years' policy and (b) policy on provision of 30 hours of free childcare for three and four year olds.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	191482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>As of 15 November 2018, there were around 60 full-time equivalent members of staff working on early years’ policy and this includes the delivery of 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds. Other staff members in the funding and analysis teams also contribute to the early years’ policy development as part of their work.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/11/2018 17:07:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1007181

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	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of new recruits to the Army from each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) region of the UK and (c) constituent part of the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	191483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/11/2018 17:30:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1002245

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Jamal Khashoggi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their joint statement with France and Germany issued on 21 October condemning the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and seeking urgent clarification into the circumstances surrounding his death, whether they have discussed the possibility of the expulsion of Saudi Arabian diplomats from the UK, France and Germany.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL11266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There remains an urgent need to establish exactly what happened on 2 October. The actions Britain and our allies take will depend on the credibility of the final explanation given by Saudi Arabia and on our confidence that such an appalling episode will not be repeated. We have vital national security and prosperity interests in maintaining and developing our relationship with Saudi Arabia, including how we work together to tackle regional threats.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/11/2018 15:41:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian