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810484

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of time and (b) resources that her Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	120830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Impact assessments, typically related to specific new primary legislation before Parliament, are narrowly defined. For example, the government laid an impact assessment alongside the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which can be found at GOV.UK.</p><p>Civil servants conduct any impact assessments related to legislation as business as usual. Our broader analysis continues.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/01/2018 09:20:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816673

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last year; and what proportion of total sick leave in her Department that leave was.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of employees in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 who were absent due to stress was 102, this represented 2% of the total workforce. The proportion of sickness absence related to stress was 14% of the overall sickness absence for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of sickness absence days in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 due to stress was 2652.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to the department from December 2016 to December 2017 for employees taking sickness absence, is estimated at £2,700,000.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121103 121107 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816676

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days' sick leave officials in her Department took for reasons relating to stress in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of employees in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 who were absent due to stress was 102, this represented 2% of the total workforce. The proportion of sickness absence related to stress was 14% of the overall sickness absence for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of sickness absence days in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 due to stress was 2652.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to the department from December 2016 to December 2017 for employees taking sickness absence, is estimated at £2,700,000.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121100 121107 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816680

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost was to her Department as a result of officials taking sick leave in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of employees in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 who were absent due to stress was 102, this represented 2% of the total workforce. The proportion of sickness absence related to stress was 14% of the overall sickness absence for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of sickness absence days in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 due to stress was 2652.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to the department from December 2016 to December 2017 for employees taking sickness absence, is estimated at £2,700,000.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121100 121103 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1139336

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of teachers of the deaf in teaching deaf children.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	277613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information centrally on effectiveness of teachers of the deaf and the quality of support that they provide to deaf children and their families.</p><p> </p><p>In order to teach a class of pupils with hearing impairment, a teacher must hold a mandatory qualification in addition to qualified teacher status.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted, through its inspection of individual schools, considers the extent to which the education that they provide meets the needs of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs and disabilities. Inspectors will consider the quality of teaching provided to improve learning for pupils, including those with hearing impairments, which may include support provided by teachers of the deaf.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 17:27:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1147416

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what sectors his Department plans to prioritise for support in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	292788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is maintaining efforts to ensure businesses across the UK are ready to leave the EU on 31 October. We continue to robustly assess the potential impact of no-deal and are engaging widely with businesses across all sectors and meeting regularly with business representative organisations and trade associations. HMRC has also put into place funding for training that helps businesses to complete customs declarations and processes and has launched a trader helpline to answer border related questions</p><p> </p><p>The Business Readiness Fund makes up to £15M available to support Business Representative Organisations as they help to prepare businesses for leaving the EU on 31 October. As of 1 October, BEIS has approved 69 bids from business representative organisations. Further applications are still in the process of being reviewed. Applications have spanned a wide range of sectors and are from across the UK. We continue to encourage bids until applications close on 7 October.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have secured £1.3 million central funding which we are directing towards targeted sector-specific engagement across the UK through sector teams to complement the Business Readiness Fund and Public Information Campaign.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/10/2019 13:17:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1148282

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions her Department has had with Manufacturing Northern Ireland on preparations for (a) the UK leaving the EU without a deal and (b) the UK leaving the EU under the Prime Minister’s proposals announced on 3 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	294089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from BEIS have engaged extensively with manufacturing businesses. We have stepped up efforts to ensure businesses across the UK, including in Northern Ireland, are prepared to leave the EU on 31 October, through enhanced national communication and engagement campaigns. Get Ready Roadshow events took place in Derry/Londonderry on 7 October and in Belfast on 8 October. Through the Business Readiness Fund, funding has been allocated for actions specifically delivered and targeted in Northern Ireland – in addition to UK wide applications covering Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/10/2019 16:04:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1148813

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of the the £15 million Brexit readiness fund has been disbursed to businesses; and in which sectors those businesses were.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	16
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Business Readiness Fund was set up to help to prepare businesses for leaving the EU on 31 October. £10.4M has been approved across 133 successful bids, with just under £8M already paid to Business Representative Organisations. Applications have spanned a wide range of sectors (including manufacturing, retail and life sciences) and are from across the UK, including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/10/2019 14:38:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake