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1109332

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date	03/04/2019
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	Employment: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to collect and publish data on the employment status of adults diagnosed with autism.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	240584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Department for Work and Pensions officials are considering how to robustly measure the employment rate among autistic people, including whether it might be possible to collect this information through the Labour Force Survey.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/04/2019 09:56:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1109338

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders have been obtained by the Child Maintenance Service to utilise their enforcement powers on the Collect and Pay scheme since they were introduced in (a) the UK (b) Scotland and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	240594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information relating to liability orders obtained by the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland and cannot therefore answer your question accurately for the UK.</p><p>Information on the number of liability orders obtained by the Child Maintenance Service in Scotland and the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>You may be interested in our routinely published data on the Enforcement Actions taken by the Child Maintenance Service in Great Britain. This includes the number of Liability Orders (Table 11 Enforcement Actions). These statistics are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/04/2019 11:40:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1109342

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	London Capital & Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, why the Financial Conduct Authority gave FCA regulated accreditation to London Capital and Finance (LC&F) on 7 June 2016 for LC&F's promotional activities and not its products; and for what reasons LC&F was permitted to market itself as regulated by the FCA.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	240486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April, the Economic Secretary announced that he will use powers under the Financial Services Act 2012 to direct the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch an investigation into the events at London Capital &amp; Finance and the circumstances surrounding them. This followed a request from the FCA Chair, Charles Randell, to the Economic Secretary to launch such an investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The investigation will be led by an independent person appointed by the FCA, with the approval of HM Treasury. Further details of the independent investigation, including its terms, will be communicated in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 240487 240488 240658 question first answered 10/04/2019 15:37:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1109344

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	London Capital & Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority was aware of the level of commission payments made to Surge Financial for promoting London Capital & Finance minibonds.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	240487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April, the Economic Secretary announced that he will use powers under the Financial Services Act 2012 to direct the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch an investigation into the events at London Capital &amp; Finance and the circumstances surrounding them. This followed a request from the FCA Chair, Charles Randell, to the Economic Secretary to launch such an investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The investigation will be led by an independent person appointed by the FCA, with the approval of HM Treasury. Further details of the independent investigation, including its terms, will be communicated in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 240486 240488 240658 question first answered 10/04/2019 15:37:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1109345

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	London Capital & Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Surge Financial was required to be regulated by the FCA when promoting London Capital and Finance’s (LC&F) mini-bonds, following the FCA's granting of regulated accreditation to LC&F on 7 June 2016 for promotional activities and not products.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	240488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April, the Economic Secretary announced that he will use powers under the Financial Services Act 2012 to direct the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to launch an investigation into the events at London Capital &amp; Finance and the circumstances surrounding them. This followed a request from the FCA Chair, Charles Randell, to the Economic Secretary to launch such an investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The investigation will be led by an independent person appointed by the FCA, with the approval of HM Treasury. Further details of the independent investigation, including its terms, will be communicated in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 240486 240487 240658 question first answered 10/04/2019 15:37:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1109424

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Nuclear Power
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 steps his Department is taking to support the nuclear industry.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Trudy Harrison
uin	240614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>This Government continues to believe that nuclear has an important role to play in our future energy mix as long as it provides value for money for taxpayers and consumers. Our commitment is demonstrated in us giving the go ahead for the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C. The landmark Nuclear Sector Deal, worth over £200m, was launched last June is a demonstration of the strong partnership between government and industry. Support provided by this Government through the Deal includes up to £56m for the development of advanced nuclear technologies, up to £20m for an advanced manufacturing and construction programme, and £86m for a fusion programme at Culham in Oxfordshire.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/04/2019 14:26:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison

1109440

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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: Tuberculosis
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 has taken to meet commitments made at the 2018 UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	240624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK helped to develop the political declaration agreed at the UNGA 2018 High-Level Meeting on TB. The UK is now working with other Member States to develop an accountability framework to ensure that momentum is maintained and to hold all countries which signed the political declaration to account.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is focused on supporting low income countries to achieve these commitments. As the second largest donor to the Global Fund, we invest significantly in TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment. We invest in research to develop new tools to tackle TB, including diagnostics and treatments targeted at drug resistant TB. We also support countries to strengthen health systems that can deliver quality TB programmes.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/04/2019 10:40:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1109441

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department provides to help tackle Tuberculosis throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	240625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a global leader in tackling TB and is currently the second largest investor in the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria, providing £1.2 billion in the 5<sup>th</sup> replenishment (2017 – 2019). The Global Fund helped to treat 5 million people for TB in 2017. The UK has significant investments through health multilaterals such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), which provides technical leadership on tackling TB and strengthening health systems. We also invest in Unitaid, which is supporting the introduction of new drug-resistant TB drugs and the development of new paediatric TB medicines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries.</p><p> </p><p>We also fund research and product development into more effective diagnosis and treatment and we support countries to strengthen health systems that can deliver quality TB programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government also pushes for global action on TB through the G7 and G20 and our work with the WHO, Global Fund and other key institutions.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/04/2019 10:41:42 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1109467

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to increase the number of available childcare places for parents working full-time.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	240484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The department has taken several steps to increase the number of available childcare places for parents working full-time. These include the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>In June 2016, the department invited local authorities to apply to the Early Years Capital Fund, through which we have allocated £100 million of capital funding to help nurseries, pre-schools and playgroups to create additional places for eligible children from working families.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Further, in July 2018, we announced the School Nurseries Capital Fund. This is a £30 million capital fund which aims to create new high-quality, school-based nursery places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The department has funded Childcare Works to provide expert support to local authorities and childcare providers about maintaining and improving sufficient childcare places in their local area. This has included national events focussing on sufficiency planning and bespoke support for local authorities to strengthen their sufficiency assessments. We have also promoted flexible childcare business models and allocated £7.7 million to 147 local authorities through our Delivery Support Fund, specifically to create additional 30 hours places.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/04/2019 16:11:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1109468

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help improve the ability of schools to tackle childhood obesity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	240485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Schools have an important role to play in helping equip children with the knowledge they need to make healthy choices for themselves and creating a healthy environment for children to learn and develop a lifelong habit of physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>Many Department for Education policies, some of which are already being delivered, are expected to make a direct contribution to reducing the incidence of childhood obesity, such as the introduction of universal infant free school meals, the school food standards, the addition of food education in the national curriculum, and the primary physical education (PE) and sport premium. We are not complacent however, and recognise that there is more to do.</p><p> </p><p>The doubled primary PE and sport premium provides £320 million per year to improve the quality and access to PE and sport for primary age pupils to develop healthy habits early. We have also invested significant funding in measures to increase cycling and walking to school.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England supports our efforts to engage inactive children to take up sport and physical activity by investing in programmes like the School Games and Satellite Clubs. Sport England is also providing specialist training free of charge to teachers in every secondary school in England by 2020, which will help teachers better meet the needs of all children, irrespective of their level of sporting ability, and involve them in shaping the sporting opportunities that are on offer.</p><p> </p><p>The School Food Standards provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide children with healthy food and drink options and we are working with Public Health England to update the School Food Standards, focusing on reducing sugar consumption.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the second chapter of the Childhood Obesity Plan we are investing up to £26 million in breakfast clubs. Breakfast clubs can contribute to improved attainment, attendance and overall health and ensure that more children benefit from a healthy start to their school day.</p><p> </p><p>We have also established a £100 million healthy pupils capital fund to facilitate an improvement in children’s physical and mental health by increasing and improving access to and use of relevant facilities, such as kitchens, dining facilities, changing rooms and sports facilities.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2015, Ofsted inspectors look at how provision supports pupils’ knowledge on how to keep themselves healthy, including through exercising and healthy eating and we welcome the new inspection framework which Ofsted is currently developing for September 2019. This will consider how schools build knowledge across the whole curriculum and support pupils’ personal development more broadly, including in relation to healthy behaviours.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/04/2019 16:29:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe