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1200960

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government funding allocated to the recruitment of 6,000 police officers by March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	903015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by giving policing the biggest funding increase in a decade.</p><p>In total we’re increasing the funding available to the policing system by over £1bn this year.</p><p>In order to help recruit we are giving PCCs an additional £700 million this year to help deliver the recruitment of 6,000 additional officers by the end of March 2021; we have already recruited 3000 new officers.</p><p>We are giving the police the resources they need to fight crime and keep the public safe.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/06/2020 15:10:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1200961

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress her Department has made on introducing a points-based immigration system.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	903017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has set out our plans for a new points-based system to control immigration, that will deliver for the UK for years to come.</p><p>We have been clear that there will be no extension to the Transition period with the EU, and the introduction of the Immigration (and Social Security Co-ordination) Bill was a key part of delivering on that commitment.</p><p>From 1 January, our new system will provide simple, effective and flexible arrangements and lay the foundations for a firmer, fairer, skills-led immigration system</p><p>It will support our economic recovery by prioritising and investing in people in the UK while continuing to attract the talent and expertise we need from abroad.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/06/2020 15:14:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1200962

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government funding allocated to the recruitment of 6,000 police officers by March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	903020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by giving policing the biggest funding increase in a decade.</p><p>In total we’re increasing the funding available to the policing system by over £1bn this year.</p><p>In order to help recruit we are giving PCCs an additional £700 million this year to help deliver the recruitment of 6,000 additional officers by the end of March 2021; we have already recruited 3000 new officers.</p><p>We are giving the police the resources they need to fight crime and keep the public safe.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/06/2020 15:12:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1200963

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the implications of the covid-19 outbreak for her Department's priorities.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	903021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>My Department continues to deliver on our core priorities of;</p><p>o protecting the public,</p><p>o securing our borders,</p><p>o and reforming our immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>Current rates of staff absence due to Covid-19 do not present immediate risks to delivery of these.</p><p>The Home Office is also an integral part of the cross-Government Covid-19 response. To ensure the department is equipped to respond effectively some staff have been deployed to specific covid related activities.</p><p>We have also provided additional support for victims of domestic abuse who may feel particularly vulnerable at this time and implemented public health measures at the border to prevent a second wave of Coronavirus from imported cases.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2020 15:30:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1200964

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If she will suspend the no recourse to public funds condition for families with children that have leave to remain in the UK for the duration of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	903023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government has made it our priority to protect the vulnerable through this national emergency. We have put in place a range of measures for everyone to stay safe as we fight Coronavirus, including those with NRPF.</p><p><strong> </strong>May I thank the Rt Hon member for his continued engagement on this important issue.</p><p>Families with leave under family and human rights routes can apply, free of charge, to have no recourse to public funds conditions lifted. We encourage anyone eligible to submit an application and these will be considered compassionately.</p><p>Practical support such as rent protections and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme apply to those with NRPF conditions, and we have allocated more than £3.2billion to local authorities and £750million to charities to support the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/06/2020 15:17:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1200965

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to increase police funding.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Sara Britcliffe
uin	903024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by giving policing the biggest funding increase in a decade.</p><p>In total we’re increasing the funding available to the policing system by over £1bn this year.</p><p>In order to help recruit we are giving PCCs an additional £700 million this year to help deliver the recruitment of 6,000 additional officers by the end of March 2021; we have already recruited 3000 new officers.</p><p>We are giving the police the resources they need to fight crime and keep the public safe.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/06/2020 15:13:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4838 label Biography information for Sara Britcliffe

1200452

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people with learning difficulties and seeking work were unemployed in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	54958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 54959 question first answered 08/06/2020 16:31:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ54958_ 54959.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1200453

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged 18 to 25 are classified as long-term unemployed in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	54959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 54958 question first answered 08/06/2020 16:31:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ54958_ 54959.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199936

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) other businesses have signed up to the Cyber Essentials Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	54173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>A total of 44,443 Cyber Essentials certificates have been awarded to organisations. The breakdown is as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Micro 9,559</p><p>Small 14,423</p><p>Medium 9,068</p><p>Large 7,116</p><p> </p><p>Some of the older certificates do not have an organisation size recorded, which is why the combined total above does not add up to 44,443.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/06/2020 17:06:45 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199941

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of recruits to the armed forces with a reading age of between (a) five and seven, (b) seven and nine and (c) nine and eleven years in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	54136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>In 2019 the number of Army recruits with reading ages between five and eleven were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reading age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of recruits</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Five – seven</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seven - nine</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nine – eleven</p></td><td><p>760</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>In 2019 the Royal Air Force had no recruits join with a reading age below 11.</p><p>The Royal Navy does not assess recruits’ reading ages.</p><p>All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Candidates have been permitted to join the Army with a reading age of five to seven on the understanding that they attend organised training at a local college to bring them up to the required minimum standard (Entry Level 2) before they commence Basic Training.</p><p>No recruits have joined the Armed Forces to date in 2020 with a reading age of five to seven years.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Armed Forces use standard academic qualifications as entry criteria where relevant, and requirements vary depending on trade group. Entry is not determined by reading levels.</p><p> </p><p>Over 94% of non-commissioned recruits, no matter their age, will enrol in an Apprenticeship Programme each year.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Government Apprenticeship policy, all Service personnel undertaking an apprenticeship are required to attempt to gain a Functional Skills (FS) Level 2 award in literacy and numeracy - equivalent to at least a Grade 4 at GCSE level.</p><p> </p><p>Since September 2012, Defence has adopted FS qualifications (English) and (Mathematics) as the accredited measures of literacy and numeracy skills for all Service personnel accessing in-Service literacy and numeracy provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 54137 54138 54139 question first answered 08/06/2020 16:42:18 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan