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789062

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date	14/11/2017
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	British Nationals Abroad: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many cases of UK citizens abroad including dual nationals his Department has received claims of torture and similar human rights abuses; and in how many of such cases his Department consulted its pro bono medical panel since 2010 for each (a) year and (b) country.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	112980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We take all allegations of torture and mistreatment very seriously, whether they affect a dual or mono national. We regularly review these cases and our strategies. In June 2017, there were 166 ongoing cases where torture and/or mistreatment allegations were raised by mono or dual nationals. We do not distinguish these cases by nationality when considering how to act and therefore do not keep such statistics.</p><p>Where appropriate, the pro bono medical panel members can provide advice to British nationals in detention overseas, via the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, about their medical condition following an assessment of their medical records. This is not limited to those cases where torture and/or mistreatment has been alleged. We do not keep statistics of the number or type of referrals made.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:00:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 23752 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

789063

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has consulted its pro bono medical panel about harms and risks to the mental and physical health of Ms Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	112981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of a number of health concerns experienced by Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe. We have raised these previously on a number of occasions, and our Ambassador in Tehran raised them again with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on 15 November, following informaton about a new medical condition. We are assured by her family that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is receiving appropriate medical treatment, and therefore have not had any reason to consult our pro bono medical panel.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:00:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 23753 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

789148

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what change there has been in rates of malaria in countries receiving UK funding for anti-malarial products since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	112857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organization tracks rates of malaria and publishes these in its annual World Malaria Report. <a href="http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/world-malaria-report-2016/report/en/" target="_blank">The latest available report</a>, published in 2016, contains data up to 2015 and showed a decline in malaria cases of 21% globally between 2010 and 2015. The 2017 report is expected to be published in late November and will include data for 2016. Reliable data for 2017 will not be available until late 2018.</p><p>The UK provides support to all affected countries to tackle malaria through bilateral programmes, multilateral funding to the Global Fund and the World Health Organization, and support to strengthen health systems in endemic countries.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:00:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789307

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 support his Department provides to disabled people who claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit is simpler and fairer than the legacy system and is designed in a way that better reflects the extra costs disabled people can face and the extra support available for costs of care.</p><p>In designing the system we place the needs of the people at the heart of the claimant journey and we are moving to a model of a dedicated work coach, who facilitates access to an integrated support network which can adapt and be tailored to a person’s health needs. It also, for the first time, helps people with a disability or health condition, who are already in work, to remain there and to progress their position and earnings with confidence and support.</p><p>We engage with claimants through a variety of communication methods and are able to provide flexible support when needed. Claimants may also be referred to a range of specialist support and provision, to help meet any skills needs or help them move into work more quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:04:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

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
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

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
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

788597

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	Developing Countries: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department provided for activities to combat malaria in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	112512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID tackles malaria through bilateral programmes in countries, research, multilateral funding to the Global Fund and the World Health Organisation, and through activities such as strengthening health systems in endemic countries.</p><p>The Malaria Framework for Results estimated UK spend at £428 million for 2014/15. This was the final year of the Framework and no estimate of comparable spend was produced for 2015/16. All direct bilateral malaria spend and relevant multilateral contributions are available in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2017" target="_blank">Statistics on International Development</a> . DFID is currently the second largest global funder of the effort against malaria and expects to remain a leading global donor in the future.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:02:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

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
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

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
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

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
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