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1147431

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department has made available to (a) local authorities and (b) councils to comply with website content accessibility guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	293001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (“GDS”) introduced and leads on implementation of the Public Sector (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations (“the Regulations”).</p><p>GDS has been providing an ongoing range of guidance and awareness raising to public sector bodies, including local authorities on implementing the accessibility requirements, but is not responsible for funding to local authorities. Guidance can be located on our accessibility regulations campaign here https://accessibility.campaign.gov.uk/.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/10/2019 08:09:39 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1147466

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 September 2019 to Question 290332 on Department of Health and Social Care: Energy Supply, whether the criteria used by Crown Commercial Services to select an energy supplier for Government Departments and public bodies includes an assessment of the environmental policies of a supplier; and what recent steps Crown Commercial Services has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from energy use in the (a) supply of and (b) demand for energy.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>It is a requirement of Crown Commercial Services commercial arrangements that energy suppliers must comply with environmental policy, such as the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) and Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR).</p><p>All Government Departments and public bodies can access commercial solutions managed by the Crown Commercial Service for advice, support and efficiency solutions that will drive savings through energy reduction and thereby reduce their CO2 emissions.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/10/2019 08:10:43 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147586

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of staff who applied for promotion within his Department from 1 September 2018 to 1 September 2019 and who identified as (a) BAME and (b) white were successful by each grade in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	292944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested not routinely collected, and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/10/2019 08:11:53 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1146992

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Workplace Pensions: Kilmarnock and Loudoun
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates[1].</p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019.</p><p>In the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency, since 2012, approximately 6,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,290 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>[1]Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/10/2019 12:57:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1146995

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the good comparative attainment of Welsh A-level students in 2019, what plans he has to commission a lessons learned review of education in England.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	292272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has reformed A levels in England to improve students’ readiness for the demands of higher education. The Department has no plans to review comparative attainment in Wales and England. Education is a devolved matter, and it is for the Welsh government and Qualifications Wales to determine standards in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 12:37:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137063 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1146999

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Media: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure young people are being appropriately educated on safe use of social media to prevent violent language and violent acts becoming the norm in society.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	292260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>From September 2020, relationships education will be compulsory for all primary aged pupils, Relationships and Sex Education will be compulsory for all secondary aged pupils and Health Education will be compulsory in all state-funded schools in England. Through these new subjects, teachers will address online safety and appropriate behaviour in an age appropriate way. The guidance is clear that violence is never acceptable. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This will complement the computing curriculum, which covers the principles of online safety at all key stages, with progression in the content to reflect the different and escalating risks that pupils face. This includes how to use technology safely, responsibly, respectfully and securely, and where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies.</p><p>There are other curriculum subjects which include content relevant to teaching pupils how to use the internet safely. For example, citizenship education covers media literacy, distinguishing fact from opinion, and the role and responsibility of the media in informing and shaping public opinion.</p><p>The Department has also published non-statutory guidance, ‘Teaching Online Safety’ in schools. This outlines how schools can ensure their pupils understand how to stay safe and behave online, as part of these existing curriculum requirements. The guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teaching-online-safety-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teaching-online-safety-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:18:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137054 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

1147003

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, when responsibility for Bridge Street subway was transferred to the Parliamentary Estate; and what steps the Commission took to inform Members.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for the Bridge Street underpass was transferred to Parliament in May 2019. This followed its temporary closure to the public for health and safety reasons, in order to allow work to take place on the Elizabeth Tower renovation project.</p><p>Members were advised of the changes to the management of the area via an email from the House of Commons Communications Team (part of a wider &quot;Pre-Recess update for Members&quot; message) on 22 May 2019. A news item was added to the intranet on the same day. A further update was added on 8 August 2019.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 04/10/2019 17:31:01 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147031

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on promotion on Twitter in each month since January 2019; and which Twitter accounts had tweets promoted.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	292308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has not spent any money on promotion on twitter from January 2019 to date.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/10/2019 13:40:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1147077

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Vocational Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department's plans to publish Progress 8 data do not include key data on BTEC Level 2 qualifications; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	292111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not changed its policy in this area. The Department can confirm that those BTEC Level 2 qualifications which are on the Key Stage 4 approved list of qualifications will be included in the 2019 provisional Key Stage 4 data scheduled to be published on 17 October 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:27:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137132 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1147125

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Construction: Carbon Emissions
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 the Government is taking to reduce carbon emissions in the construction sector.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	292135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government, working in partnership with industry, launched the Construction Sector Deal in July 2018, in order to deliver a substantial improvement in the productivity growth of the sector. At the heart of the deal is a joint public and private sector investment of £420m in the Transforming Construction Programme, which will accelerate the adoption of digital and manufacturing technologies to improve building performance and reduce waste, with the aim of reducing lifetime carbon emissions by 50%. In particular, £32m has been invested in the Advanced Building Centre which is developing energy generation and storage technologies for use in buildings.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Green Construction Board, we are working with industry to achieve the Buildings Mission goal of halving the energy consumption of new buildings by 2030, and halve the cost of retrofit over the same period. The Board is also working with Government to develop a road map to zero avoidable waste in the sector. The road map will be delivered by the end of next year. By reducing waste and encouraging the use of sustainable materials we can further reduce Green House Gas emissions.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/10/2019 15:02:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk