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99877

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons were for changes contained in the proposed new regulations for care homes before parliament to remove the provisions in the current regulations that (a) the care provider must bring the complaints procedure to the attention of residents as in current Regulation 19(1)(2), (b) the provider must plan for and have emergency procedures in place as in current Regulation 9(2) and (c) providers must give residents a choice of food as in current Regulation 14(2).
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	211154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 that are currently before Parliament will put in place new requirements for registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and will include fundamental standards as recommended by the Inquiry in to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new regulations clarify the requirements providers must meet, and improve the CQC’s ability to bring prosecutions for serious breaches that result in harm or a serious risk of harm to service users.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While the wording of the regulations has changed, it will still be possible for the CQC to take action against a provider who did not have an accessible complaints procedure, and against a provider who had no plans in place to deal with emergencies such civic emergencies and floods. The new regulations also require that a person’s nutritional needs must be met, and that a person’s preferences must be taken in to account, and met where possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 27/10/2014 17:15:45 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

99890

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charities and non-governmental organisations hold Tier two sponsor licences in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	211153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Tier 2 sponsors categorised as charities and non-governmental organisations by region.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Organisation Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>London &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>15,963</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Midlands &amp; East of England</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>3,864</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North East, Yorkshire &amp; the Humber</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,252</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,229</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Scotland &amp; Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,458</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Wales &amp; South West</p></td><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Government Organisation</p></td><td><p>1,526</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Note</strong>: The Home Office classifies sponsors by region, based on its postcode prefix.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 14:51:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

93458

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Shared Services Connected
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 253W, on Shared Services Connected Limited, if he will publish the impact assessment for the Shared Services Connected Limited venture when it is complete.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	210638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Further to my answer of 8 July 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140708/text/140708w0004.htm" target="_blank">UIN203200</a> we will continue to work with staff, trade unions and other stakeholders to assess any impacts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/10/2014 08:15:41 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92443

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the reduction in international student visas issued to students from Pakistan and India from 2013 to 2014 on the higher education sector and the wider economy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	210014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Government departments, the British Council and the higher education sector are working together to ensure prospective overseas students understand all the benefits which the present visa rules offer them, including the current visa opportunities for working in the UK after they graduate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>India in particular remains a priority country for greater engagement as evidenced by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister’s recent visit; my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills’ recent visit; and my planned visit in November.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/10/2014 13:15:28 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92633

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the effect of the closure of the Post Study Work visa route on start-up companies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	210012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely at Ministerial and official level with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and other interested Departments on significant changes to economic migration policy, including the closure of the Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) route in 2012. This closure was also the subject of a full public consultation from December 2010 to January 2011.<br><br>Start-up companies can benefit from the new provisions for graduates the Government has introduced, including easier switching into the Tier 2 skilled work route as well as the new Graduate Entrepreneur route, which permits working for start-up companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/10/2014 12:52:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92645

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Graduate Entrepreneur Tier 1 visas have been issued for use by each UK higher education institution since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	209966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Graduate Entrepreneur Tier 1 visas are issued directly to individual applicants, who are endorsed by qualifying UK Higher Education Institutions, or UKTI. The following tables show the number of endorsements by HEIs since April 2013 where a UK entry clearance has been issued or leave to remain in the UK has been granted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 16:01:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 209966 T1 HEI issued 2003 to 2014 Table.docx title Endorsements by HEIs
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92648

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sponsors of Tier 2 general visas in each region and constituent part of the UK have been issued with such visas in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	209962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Tier 2 General sponsors by region that have used a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to sponsor a Tier 2 General migrant worker since 2009.</p><p>Number of Sponsors by region associated with migrants who have used Tier 2 General CoS by calendar year since 2009</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>3,435</p></td><td><p>3,565</p></td><td><p>3,594</p></td><td><p>4,805</p></td><td><p>6,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands &amp; East of England</p></td><td><p>1,016</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>1,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales &amp; South West</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland &amp; Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>506</p></td><td><p>517</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire &amp; the Humber</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><strong>Note: </strong>Full data for the calendar year 2014 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/10/2014 12:57:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92649

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 2 visas were granted to people who were previously students in the UK in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	209961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The available published information relates to Tier 2 grants of an extension of stay in the UK to people who were previously students, 2011 to 2013 and is given in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>Tier 2 grants of an extension of stay by previous category, excluding dependants</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><strong>Current category</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Broad previous category</td><td>Total PBS - Tier 2 Sponsored with a job</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Study</td><td>1,730</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>Study</td><td>2,614</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Study</td><td>4,175</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Source: Extensions data table expc_01_w <em>Immigration Statistics April-June 2014</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Table notes</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">1. Data for 2013 are provisional figures.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2. Excludes EEA and Swiss nationals.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>3. Includes reconsideration cases and the outcome of appeals.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes annual statistics on grants of an extension by previous category in tables expc_01 to expc_01_o within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release.<br>A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration Statistics April - June 2014’ is available from the Library of the House and from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p><br>Information on the previous immigration status of those issued an entry clearance visa (applications made outside the UK) is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/10/2014 12:47:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92660

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2014, Official Report, column 464W, on creative industries, how many employers in (a) advertising, (b) architecture, (c) the art and antiques market, (d) crafts, (e) design, (f) designer fashion, (g) film and video, (h) interactive leisure software, (i) music, (j) performing arts, (k) publishing, (l) software and computer services and (m) television and radio currently hold a Tier 2 general sponsor license.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	209948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2014, the following table provides the industry sector of the 272 Tier 2 General sponsor licence holders that are associated with the creative industry, by having sponsored a Tier 2 General migrant worker under the Tier 2 General creative and sporting category.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/10/2014 12:49:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ209948 - Table.docx title Tier 2 General sponsor
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

91305

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her contribution of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 168, on the Modern Slavery Bill, if she will publish the interim review of the National Referral Mechanism before the Committee stage of that Bill is completed; and when she will publish the final review.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	208780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The House of Commons Committee Stage of the Modern Slavery Bill is expected to conclude on 14 October. We will publish the Interim Report of the Review before that date in order that the Committee can consider the Report. We will publish the final report in late autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/09/2014 14:40:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield