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992799

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date	22/10/2018
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	Agriculture: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the development of the UK’s immigration policy after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>It is a key priority of this Government to enable an innovative, productive and competitive food supply chain, which invests in its people and skills. To help achieve this, we will ensure that there is access to enough appropriately skilled labour to drive continued industry growth and productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the UK prepares to leave the EU, Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that the food and farming sector has access to the workforce it needs as part of the future immigration policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and Defra recently jointly announced a pilot scheme to bring seasonal migrant workers to UK farms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/10/2018 12:02:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992800

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Agriculture: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the maintenance of the UK’s (a) meat processing sector and (b) other agriculture industries in the Government's immigration policies after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that the food and farming sector, including meat processing, has access to the workforce it needs, as part of the future immigration policy.</p><p> </p><p>After we leave the EU, we must have an immigration system which works in the best interests of the UK; controlling immigration whilst continuing to welcome those who make a contribution.</p><p> </p><p>A White Paper on the future border and immigration system is expected to be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 182168 182172 question first answered 30/10/2018 17:45:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992801

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Agriculture: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support agricultural industries in the training of domestic workers after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Enabling an innovative, productive and competitive farming sector which invests in its people and skills is a priority for this Government.</p><p>Agricultural technologies are transforming farming and creating new types of jobs and requirements for new kinds of skills. The Government is working with industry and the Food and Drink Sector Council to develop a long term action plan for a world class workforce for all sectors of the food chain, including agriculture. The target is to transform the skills agenda and raise awareness of agriculture as an exciting and attractive career path.</p><p>The Government is also reforming post-16 technical education to provide clear routes to skilled employment in agriculture and other sectors. A key part of this is the introduction of new T levels programmes which will sit alongside apprenticeships, including for agriculture, environmental and animal care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/10/2018 13:44:33 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992802

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the meat sector is able to recruit adequate levels of labour after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that the food and farming sector, including meat processing, has access to the workforce it needs, as part of the future immigration policy.</p><p> </p><p>After we leave the EU, we must have an immigration system which works in the best interests of the UK; controlling immigration whilst continuing to welcome those who make a contribution.</p><p> </p><p>A White Paper on the future border and immigration system is expected to be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 182166 182172 question first answered 30/10/2018 17:45:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992811

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is his Department taking to ensure that butchery skills are included as a classification in the Government's immigration framework after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that the food and farming sector, including meat processing, has access to the workforce it needs, as part of the future immigration policy.</p><p> </p><p>After we leave the EU, we must have an immigration system which works in the best interests of the UK; controlling immigration whilst continuing to welcome those who make a contribution.</p><p> </p><p>A White Paper on the future border and immigration system is expected to be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 182166 182168 question first answered 30/10/2018 17:45:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992812

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safety of passengers from (a) verbal and (b) physical abuse on the public transport network.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing crime, anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime wherever it occurs in the transport system. We want to see more and more people using public transport - one of the key ways of encouraging this is to make sure it is a safe option.</p><p> </p><p>The Department works with the British Transport Police (BTP) to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour on the railways in Great Britain. Under their franchise agreements, Train Operating Companies are required to work with BTP to manage and reduce railway crime.</p><p> </p><p>BTP also operates a popular dedicated crime reporting text service - ‘61016’ – which allows people to report offences to the police easily and discreetly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/10/2018 13:48:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992813

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled on the public transport without a valid ticket in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Revenue protection is a matter for each transport operator concerned.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/10/2018 16:55:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992814

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to public transport by passengers with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that disabled people have the same access to transport and opportunities to travel as everyone else. In July 2018 the Government launched the Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS) which sets out key policy and investment priorities to deliver a wholly inclusive transport system.</p><p> </p><p>The ITS is, however, only applicable to England and, in some areas, Great Britain. Transport is an entirely devolved matter to the Northern Ireland Assembly.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/10/2018 16:08:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992815

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle delays to public transport services.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Public transport in Northern Ireland is devolved.</p><p> </p><p>However, looking more widely across the United Kingdom, the bus market outside London is deregulated and decisions regarding service provision is primarily a commercial matter for bus operators or for individual local authorities in the case of services that they support. The Bus Services Act 2017 provides the tools local authorities need to improve local bus services. The Department’s guidance on the Bus Services Act recommends that local authorities work with operators to tackle traffic congestion which can cause delays to bus services.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 October 2017, the Secretary of State for Transport published the Final Statement of Funds Available (SoFA) for the railway in England and Wales for Control Period 6, which covers the years 2019 to 2024<sup>[1]</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>This continues funding for the latest stage in the Government’s multi-billion pound investment in railways across the country and we expect around £47.9 billion to be spent on the railway across control period 6. This funding includes more maintenance and a huge uplift in renewals to increase reliability and punctuality for passengers.</p><p> </p><p>The system of franchise competitions has played a significant role in encouraging growth in the rail industry. However, we want to ensure the rail system can continue to deliver benefits in to the future. That is why, on the 20<sup>th</sup> September, the Secretary of State announced a major review to transform Britain’s railways led by independent chair Keith Williams.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the review is underway the Department will continue to work closely with industry to deliver improvements in reliability, alongside the record investment we are making in upgrading the rail network and delivering new trains and more seats across the UK.</p><p> </p><p><sup>[1]</sup> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/railways-statement-of-funds-available-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/railways-statement-of-funds-available-2017</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-48-billion-funding-for-britains-railways" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-48-billion-funding-for-britains-railways</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/rail-infrastructure-funding-statement-of-funds-available-2019-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/rail-infrastructure-funding-statement-of-funds-available-2019-to-2024</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/10/2018 15:34:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

992817

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people applying for a visitor visa to the UK subsequently applied for work visas in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	182178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by matching millions of records. Information on the number of visit visa applications is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/10/2018 16:39:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson