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788478

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Student Numbers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students aged 24 or over have enrolled on courses at Level 3 or above in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Students aged 24 or over on courses at level 3 or above are involved in either further or higher education.</p><p><strong>Further Education (FE):</strong></p><p>All FE participants aged 24 and over on level 3+ courses in England:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learner participation<br> (24+, L3+)</p></td><td><p>374,900</p></td><td><p>375,600</p></td><td><p>424,400</p></td><td><p>308,600</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td><td><p>316,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</li><li>Figures for 2010/11 to 2013/14 have been taken from a previous parliamentary question response (2015/11622).</li><li>This tables includes Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.</li><li>Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on FE participants within each sector to exactly match the categories requested ((a) healthcare, (b) social care and (c) business and accounting). We do publish data for apprenticeship starts by sector subject area (2011/12 to 2016/16 provisional) at level 3+ (advanced and higher apprenticeships) albeit with a 25+ age group in the following tool: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx</a>.</p><p><strong>Higher Education:</strong></p><p>Information on participation in higher education at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Further Education Colleges (FECs) in England has been provided in the attached table. The subject breakdowns requested are not standard categories in the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS), and so counts on this basis could only be provided at disproportionate cost. More information on JACS is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p>There were a further 13,725 students aged 24 or over enrolled on first-degree courses. Of these students,17,060 were enrolled on other undergraduate courses recorded by the Higher Education Statistics Agency as having participated on Higher Education courses designated for student support at Alternative Providers in the academic year 2015/16. Comparable information for earlier years is not available.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 112507 question first answered 20/11/2017 19:25:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 112508, 112507 attachment.docx title 112507 112508 attachment
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

788416

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students aged 24 or over have enrolled on courses at Level 3 or above in (a) healthcare, (b) social care and (c) business and accounting in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Students aged 24 or over on courses at level 3 or above are involved in either further or higher education.</p><p><strong>Further Education (FE):</strong></p><p>All FE participants aged 24 and over on level 3+ courses in England:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learner participation<br> (24+, L3+)</p></td><td><p>374,900</p></td><td><p>375,600</p></td><td><p>424,400</p></td><td><p>308,600</p></td><td><p>284,000</p></td><td><p>316,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</li><li>Figures for 2010/11 to 2013/14 have been taken from a previous parliamentary question response (2015/11622).</li><li>This tables includes Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.</li><li>Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred.</li></ol><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on FE participants within each sector to exactly match the categories requested ((a) healthcare, (b) social care and (c) business and accounting). We do publish data for apprenticeship starts by sector subject area (2011/12 to 2016/16 provisional) at level 3+ (advanced and higher apprenticeships) albeit with a 25+ age group in the following tool: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx</a>.</p><p><strong>Higher Education:</strong></p><p>Information on participation in higher education at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Further Education Colleges (FECs) in England has been provided in the attached table. The subject breakdowns requested are not standard categories in the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS), and so counts on this basis could only be provided at disproportionate cost. More information on JACS is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p>There were a further 13,725 students aged 24 or over enrolled on first-degree courses. Of these students,17,060 were enrolled on other undergraduate courses recorded by the Higher Education Statistics Agency as having participated on Higher Education courses designated for student support at Alternative Providers in the academic year 2015/16. Comparable information for earlier years is not available.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 112508 question first answered 20/11/2017 19:25:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 112508, 112507 attachment.docx title 112507 112508 attachment
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

788648

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Employment: Menopause
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance on supporting the needs of menopausal women in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting working women at all stages in their lives. The Women’s Business Council, a Government backed, business-led initiative, has held an action group that focuses specifically on removing the challenges within the workplace for older workers. It also helps employers to support working women living through the menopause.</p><p> </p><p>‘The Age of Success’ toolkit includes practical information and advice for businesses to support the needs of menopausal women in the workplace. This will be published on 24 November 2017 on the Women’s Business Council website: <a href="http://womensbusinesscouncil.co.uk/toolkits/" target="_blank">http://womensbusinesscouncil.co.uk/toolkits/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 112524 question first answered 20/11/2017 18:42:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

788647

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Employment: Menopause
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance on training for staff to support working women who are living through the menopause.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting working women at all stages in their lives. The Women’s Business Council, a Government backed, business-led initiative, has held an action group that focuses specifically on removing the challenges within the workplace for older workers. It also helps employers to support working women living through the menopause.</p><p> </p><p>‘The Age of Success’ toolkit includes practical information and advice for businesses to support the needs of menopausal women in the workplace. This will be published on 24 November 2017 on the Women’s Business Council website: <a href="http://womensbusinesscouncil.co.uk/toolkits/" target="_blank">http://womensbusinesscouncil.co.uk/toolkits/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 112521 question first answered 20/11/2017 18:42:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

788610

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to implement the UK's commitments as part of the Grand Bargain on Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is committed to implementing the Grand Bargain through our response to the Syria Crisis. We are leading the way by placing its key principles – such as greater transparency and more effective prioritisation of aid – at the heart of our own response, and encouraging others to do the same. At the 2016 London Syria conference, we pushed for a shift to more multi-year financing to enable better long-term planning, and helped secure pledges of $6.1 billion. At this year’s Brussels Syria conference, we joined our co-chairs and other participants in committing to further action to include Grand Bargain commitments in the Syria response to ensure that it is effective and efficient.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:06:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

789312

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Universal Credit: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect the introduction of work coaches has had on the number of disabled people in receipt of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>No such assessment has been undertaken. We continue to evaluate progress as we roll out the full Universal Credit service nationally, in a careful and co-ordinated way, reviewing against key measures, to ensure safe and secure delivery. This includes reviewing the way our work coaches engage with and best support claimants with disabilities and/ or health conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:05:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

789318

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Universal Credit: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to collect information on the experiences of disabled people claiming universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We continue to evaluate the policy as it is delivered. The Universal Credit Evaluation is a comprehensive and multi-dimensional programme of analysis designed to assess the economic, social and behavioural impacts of the Universal Credit experience. Research and analysis is conducted to provide continuous tracking and inform the evaluation and the expansion of Universal Credit, focusing specifically on the effects of Universal Credit on all claimants’ behaviours and outcomes.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:05:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

789320

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to amend universal credit rules to allow deduction of unreimbursed work expenses as is the case in the tax credits system; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Universal Credit calculation uses earnings information received through Her Majesty’s Revenue and Custom’s automatic ‘Real Time Information’ (RTI) PAYE data transfer which does not include unreimbursed expenses.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants can then challenge this RTI figure by providing necessary evidence, such as unreimbursed work expenses, which a Decision Maker will consider under Regulation 41 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:05:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

790141

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Humanitarian Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan assessed that 1.1 million of Gaza’s population and 0.5 million in the West Bank are acutely vulnerable and in need of humanitarian assistance in 2017; and report that a lack of funding for water, sanitation and hygiene interventions have left 1.45 million Gazans at risk of waterborne diseases.</p><p>I visited Gaza and the West Bank in August and saw the extent of the humanitarian situation first hand. The UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by addressing critical water, sanitation and hygiene needs through the United Nations Children’s Fund. The UK is also a long-term supporter of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, which provides basic services to people across Gaza and the West Bank, including basic health care.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:04:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

789311

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit advance payment recipients receive their advance payment within (a) the first day, (b) the first two days and (c) the first week of application.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:04:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock