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1011430

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of children requiring autism support since the commencement of the Children and Families Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), including the type of need in the annual ‘SEN in England’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p><p>Pupils with SEN are recorded according to their primary type of need. Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is included as a type of need.</p><p>The table below shows a breakdown of the number of pupils with ASD as their primary type of need from 2015 to 2018 (as at January each year):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEN support</p></td><td><p>36,530</p></td><td><p>42,801</p></td><td><p>47,571</p></td><td><p>53,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statements of SEN &amp; education, health and care plans</p></td><td><p>54,245</p></td><td><p>57,211</p></td><td><p>60,832</p></td><td><p>66,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>90,775</p></td><td><p>100,012</p></td><td><p>108,403</p></td><td><p>119,909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/11/2018 15:39:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1011431

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior citizens who were entitled to the winter fuel payment in 2017 were estimated to be higher rate tax payers.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>For winter 2017/18 everyone who had reached women’s state pension age was entitled to claim a Winter Fuel Payment. Official Statistics on tax-payers are published by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/11/2018 15:10:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1011443

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Women against State Pension Inequality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to accept recommendations made by the Ombudsman's investigation into complaints regarding WASPI.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	194026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The process of any Ombudsman investigation is effectively unchanged since their creation by the Labour Government in 1967.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ombudsman is currently considering whether to investigate, and if so, the scope of that investigation. Should he decide to investigate, the DWP will co-operate in full with that process.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/11/2018 15:03:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1011448

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department is not running in-house bids for the operation of (a) HMP Wellingborough and (b) HMP Glen Parva.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	194129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will soon launch a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons will be selected. This process will enable us to undertake rigorous financial and operational assessment of bids put forward by any existing or potential operator to ensure they are of sufficient quality, value and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places. The Chancellor reaffirmed this commitment in the Budget, announcing that we intend to build the new prisons at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022, through public capital.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194130 194146 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1011449

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to issue invitations to tender for the operation of (a) HMP Wellingborough and (b) HMP Glen Parva.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	194130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will soon launch a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons will be selected. This process will enable us to undertake rigorous financial and operational assessment of bids put forward by any existing or potential operator to ensure they are of sufficient quality, value and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places. The Chancellor reaffirmed this commitment in the Budget, announcing that we intend to build the new prisons at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022, through public capital.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194129 194146 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1011468

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	INTERPOL
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with his US counterpart prior to the election of a new President for Interpol.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>In the run up to the election, there were many contacts between Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Home Office and National Crime Agency officials with their American counterparts as well as allies in many other countries. The government congratulates Kim Jong-yang on his successful election.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 26/11/2018 16:35:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1011471

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of claimants that have received less money as a result of moving from working tax credits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	194064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, claimants moving from existing benefits to Universal Credit will only do so because they will have had a change in their circumstances that would previously, under the legacy system, have triggered a new claim to benefits or tax credits. In such circumstances they would always have had their entitlement calculated based on the rules of their new benefit. This principle has been maintained for those moving to Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/11/2018 16:18:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1011475

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
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 crimes were investigated solely (a) by telephone and (b) online in each territorial police force in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on how crimes recorded by police forces in England and Wales have been resolved, which are published quarterly. Latest figures for the year ending June 2018, can be accessed here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-year-to-june-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-year-to-june-2018-data-tables</a></p><p>However, from data received by the Home Office, it is not possible to identify if the crime was investigated by (a) by telephone (b) online.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/11/2018 15:25:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011477

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many freedom of information requests his Department has received in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of freedom of information requests received by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of FOI Requests Received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 26/11/2018 16:06:04 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011480

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) male and (b) female; and what the average hourly pay was for staff identifying as (a) male and (b) female in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. Currently the MoJ does not collect data on the way in which staff identify their gender, only data relating to their sex.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 October 2018, 53% of MoJ employees assigned to OSSW were recorded as being female and 47% as being male.</p><p> </p><p>The average hourly pay for staff recorded as (a) male and (b) female at the end of each of the last 3 financial years, is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average Hourly Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) </strong><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p>£19.55</p></td><td><p>£19.02</p></td><td><p>£20.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) Female </strong></p></td><td><p>£17.48</p></td><td><p>£17.20</p></td><td><p>£19.51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 26/11/2018 16:07:41 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane