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967415

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date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional primary legislation will be required prior to 29 March 2019 in the event of a 'no deal' Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2018 answer text <p>We are continuing to put the legislative building blocks in place to deliver our exit, whatever the outcome of the negotiations, including in the unlikely event that a deal cannot be agreed.</p><p>We will introduce further exit legislation as necessary to ensure that we have the right legal frameworks to implement our withdrawal from, and future relationship with, the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/09/2018 14:21:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

967531

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 25 July (HL9666), why they do not monitor or collect information on the size of employers supported by contracts awarded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency for apprentice training.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL10016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) does not currently monitor or collect information on the size of employers supported by contracts awarded for apprenticeship training by these contracts.</p><p>The ESFA is currently reviewing the scope of information collected, with a view to including information about employers supported by contracts in future data collection.</p><p>The ESFA currently contracts with 713 training providers for an overall value of £562 million. Further details of these training providers is attached. These contracts run from January 2018 to March 2019, and support apprenticeship delivery for 16 to 18 year olds and adult learners.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10021 question first answered 19/09/2018 15:52:20 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL10016_HL10021_non-levy_procured_contracts.xls title HL10016_HL10021_non-levy_procured_contracts
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

967536

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 25 July (HL9666), what percentage of contracts for the training of apprentices, by number and by value, has been awarded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to organisations which subcontract such training.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL10020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is in the process of collating subcontractor data from providers awarded apprenticeship contracts. The ESFA will publish in due course an updated list of subcontractors on the GOV.UK website that are contracted to deliver over £100,000 of adult education and training per year by the providers it funds.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/09/2018 15:52:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

967537

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 25 July (HL9666), who were the recipients of Education and Skills Funding Agency contracts for the training of apprentices; what was the value of each such contract; and which awardees subcontract such training, either wholly or partially.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL10021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) does not currently monitor or collect information on the size of employers supported by contracts awarded for apprenticeship training by these contracts.</p><p>The ESFA is currently reviewing the scope of information collected, with a view to including information about employers supported by contracts in future data collection.</p><p>The ESFA currently contracts with 713 training providers for an overall value of £562 million. Further details of these training providers is attached. These contracts run from January 2018 to March 2019, and support apprenticeship delivery for 16 to 18 year olds and adult learners.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10016 question first answered 19/09/2018 15:52:20 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL10016_HL10021_non-levy_procured_contracts.xls title HL10016_HL10021_non-levy_procured_contracts
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

967751

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush generation cases remain outstanding; and what the timeframe is for those cases to be concluded.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	170380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of live applications is subject to frequent change. The Home Secretary provides the Home Affairs Select Committee with regular updates that give details on those applying and granted under the Windrush Scheme and the August update was published on 21 September 2018.</p><p>The Taskforce aims to complete straightforward applications within two weeks of all evidence being gathered however some will fall outside that timeframe due to complexity and the need to investigate thoroughly in order to reach a correct decision.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/10/2018 16:18:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

967765

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Institute of Economic Affairs: Ministers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken a review of the relationships between Ministers and the Institute of Economic Affairs.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	170260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:33:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

967810

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the level of staff turnover in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	170261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>DExEU was set up as a time-limited department with a clear mandate to carry out a historic task: implement the democratic decision of the British people to leave the EU.</p><p>In keeping with this, the majority of our staff are employed on fixed-term contracts or are loaned from other Government departments, and many have been drawn from Civil Service talent streams.</p><p>Many of those who have left to date have moved on to other government departments because their loan or rotation ended. Only a small minority have actually left the Civil Service.</p><p>The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff. The Department continues to recruit the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector, in a range of professions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/09/2018 12:50:30 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

967828

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	New Enterprise Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse has been of the New Enterprise Allowance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	170295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Between April 2011 and December 2017, New Enterprise Allowance has supported over 113,000 people to start their own business.</p><p> </p><p>The Departmental spend on New Enterprise Allowance (NEA), comprising contracted mentoring costs and Allowance payments to participants who had started to trade from 2013/14 is set out in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</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>Total NEA spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The reducing spend reflects:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Rising employment rates</li><li>The introduction of the Link Up Start Up (LUSU) workshop in April 2017 (to assess the viability of a claimant’s business) prior to starting on NEA</li><li>A refund of costs in 2015/16 from suppliers from the Grant Funded phase of the NEA which ended in December 2014.</li></ol> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/09/2018 14:47:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie