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1651863

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date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in schools in each region other than the North West and North East left the profession in the academic years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	193405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Recent data shows that there are now over 468,000 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This makes it the highest number of FTE teachers since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p>Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of teachers joining and leaving service nationally, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The table attached provides the latest data for the academic years 2019/20 to 2021/22 of the FTE number of qualified teachers leaving and the leaving rate, from state funded schools, by region. For consistency with previously provided information, entrants numbers and rates have also been provided.</p><p>Leavers are defined as qualified teachers leaving the state funded sector in England, for example due to a change of career or joining other UK education sectors, and those leaving on career breaks such as maternity leave or secondments outside of the school sector. Some of these teachers may rejoin a state funded school in England at a later date.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/07/2023 17:06:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 193405_Table_200723.pdf title FTE_teachers_region_table
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1651874

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) enabling local authorities to set tariffs for the unnecessary felling of trees and (b) using the monies raised for (i) replacement tree planting and (ii) other relevant schemes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	193411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The felling of trees in England is a legally controlled activity regulated by the FC, which, with some exceptions, requires a Felling licence. If a licence is not acquired the felling is an offence and the individual can be subject to a fine. The amount individuals can be fined for illegal felling recently increased, and Forestry Commission can now issue an unlimited fine for felling they deem in breech of regulations.</p><p> </p><p>In many instances it is also possible for the Forestry Commission to serve a Restocking Notice, which compels the offender to restock the land with trees. Recent changes ensured restocking notices are now considered land charges, which means replanting trees will be required on land where trees were wrongly felled, even if the land is sold or new planning permissions are applied for on the land.</p><p> </p><p>Local planning authorities also already have the power to serve Tree Preservation Orders which protect individual trees or areas of trees, even where they are exempt from the need for a felling licence.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who contravenes an Order by damaging or carrying out work on a tree protected by an Order without getting permission from the local planning authority is guilty of illegal felling and subject to the fine described. No assessment has been made in regard to adding any additional tariffing system, however, we committed to reforming our felling licence system and controls in the England Trees Action Plan; and indeed, strengthened the enforcement provisions of the felling licence regime through the Environment Act 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Further work has begun investigating potential future legislative reforms to the system that would primarily involve the introduction of greater flexibility to licence conditions, improved clarity around felling controls and UK Forestry Standard requirements.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/07/2023 11:37:39 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1651902

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Dahua Technology and Hikvision
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	193426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2023 answer text <p>It is not government policy to comment on the security arrangements of government buildings, as has been the case under successive administrations. Specific details regarding the make and model of security systems are withheld on national security grounds.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 02/08/2023 14:38:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1651906

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dahua Technology and Hikvision
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	193430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is not Government policy to comment on the Government’s security arrangements. This includes any specific details regarding the make and model of security systems, which are withheld on national security grounds.</p><p> </p><p>Each Department is responsible for their own procurement decisions.</p><p> </p><p>However, I would refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 24 November 2022, which set out that Departments had been instructed to disconnect surveillance equipment from core departmental networks where it is subject to the National Intelligence Law of China.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 21/07/2023 10:20:29 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1651908

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Dahua Technology and Hikvision
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	193432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is not Government policy to comment on the government’s security arrangements. This includes any specific details regarding the make and model of security systems, which are withheld on national security grounds.</p><p> </p><p>Each Department is responsible for their own procurement decisions. However, I would refer the Hon. member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 24 November 2022, which set out that Departments had been instructed to disconnect surveillance equipment from core departmental networks where it is subject to the National Intelligence Law of China.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/07/2023 11:31:55 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1651952

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Deep Sea Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on deep-sea ecosystems of the draft exploitation regulations under the International Seabed Authority Mining Code.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	193458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK is fully engaged in the ongoing negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council and Assembly, to agree deep sea mining exploitation regulations. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office leads the UK delegation to the ISA.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s policy is not to sponsor or support the issuing of any exploitation licences for deep sea mining projects unless and until there is sufficient scientific evidence about the potential impact on deep sea ecosystems, and strong enforceable environmental Regulations, Standards and Guidelines have been developed by the ISA and are in place. The UK’s approach is both precautionary and conditional.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an independent review from the British Geological Survey, the National Oceanography Centre and Heriot-Watt University. The review was published in October 2022 and is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/deep-sea-mining-evidence-review-published/" target="_blank">https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/deep-sea-mining-evidence-review-published/</a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/07/2023 15:10:55 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1651963

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the UK’s global ranking in the (a) development and (b) use of human-specific technologies in medical research.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	193469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment on the UK’s global ranking in the development and use of human-specific technologies in medical research as there is no specific ranking. The Government is actively supporting and funding the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs). UK Research and Innovation provides the core funding for the National Centre for 3Rs, which drives the uptake of 3Rs technologies. Since it was established, the NC3Rs has invested £77 million in research and almost £27 million in contracts through its CRACK IT Challenges innovation scheme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/07/2023 15:19:29 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1651980

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Kent Intake Unit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the age ranges of unaccompanied children detained at the Kent Intake Unit since 1 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	193294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has no plans to publish data on the age range of unaccompanied children detained at the Kent Intake Unit at this time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/09/2023 16:10:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1652001

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance to fund school places (a) overseas and (b) in the UK in 2022-23; and how many children were covered by that funding.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2023 answer text <p>In Financial Year 2022/23 FCDO allocated funding of £13,796,075 to Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) for 514 children in boarding schools in the UK. In Financial Year 2022/23 FCDO allocated funding of £24,137,116 to 1188 children in education overseas.</p><p>Legacy FCO and legacy DFID have slightly different provisions in relation to education of children when staff are serving overseas and bringing these together into a single policy provision is one aspect of the alignment of Terms and Conditions of Service work currently underway in the FCDO.</p><p>In legacy FCO, it was a condition of their employment that members of the diplomatic service must be prepared to serve anywhere in the world at any time during their career, sometimes at very short notice. It is long-standing practice that the legacy FCO provides clearly defined and limited financial support to staff to help maintain the continuity of their children's education. Many parents prefer to take their children with them when they are posted abroad and are required to ensure that their children receive a full-time education from the start of the school term beginning after the child's 5th birthday, continuing until they reach school leaving age. In countries where there is no suitable free English language based schooling available (currently all countries except Australia, New Zealand and the United States), Legacy FCO will meet the costs of schooling, where available, at an appropriate English language school in the city of posting.</p><p>However, there are a number of countries, where we do not permit staff to take their children for health or security reasons. In others, local schools of an acceptable standard are not available. Additionally frequent moves by staff and families between the UK and overseas, and between posts overseas, can be disruptive to the education of the children, therefore, legacy FCO provides Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) to support the children's education. This allows eligible staff to claim for termly tuition fees up to the agreed ceiling, school registration fees, deposits and examination costs. Where school fees exceed the ceiling, staff are required to meet the difference. The allowance is implemented within a strict governance framework and is reviewed regularly.</p><p>CEA is a long-standing policy run under successive governments since 1996, and I refer the Right Honourable Member to PQ [60896] which outlines departmental spend on private schooling for the children of its staff between 1997 and 2005. CEA enables staff who continue to meet certain eligibility criteria to choose to provide an education for their children at a British boarding school in the UK while they continue to take up postings overseas at regular intervals during their career. Without CEA, we would be restricting certain diplomatic roles for individuals without families, narrowing opportunities to have a successful career in our diplomatic service.</p><p><strong>The ceilings for the 2022/23 school year are (per term, 3-term school year):</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>​​Senior Boarder</p></td><td><p>£12,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Day</p></td><td><p>£ 8,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior Boarder</p></td><td><p>​£10,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior Day</p></td><td><p>£ 7,674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>The breakdown of funding per school for Financial Year 2022/23 is as follows:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SCHOOL</p></td><td><p>TOTAL FOR 2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester College</p></td><td><p>£143,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eton College</p></td><td><p>£246,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby School</p></td><td><p>£99,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Millfield School</p></td><td><p>£125,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charterhouse School</p></td><td><p>£171,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow School</p></td><td><p>£34,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks School</p></td><td><p>£721,965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oundle School</p></td><td><p>£487,449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stowe School</p></td><td><p>£103,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordonstoun</p></td><td><p>£130,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,264,809</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 193337 193338 question first answered 28/07/2023 10:22:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 88040 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1652002

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the maximum level of Continuity of Education Allowance payments provided by his Department was for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in the UK in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2023 answer text <p>In Financial Year 2022/23 FCDO allocated funding of £13,796,075 to Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) for 514 children in boarding schools in the UK. In Financial Year 2022/23 FCDO allocated funding of £24,137,116 to 1188 children in education overseas.</p><p>Legacy FCO and legacy DFID have slightly different provisions in relation to education of children when staff are serving overseas and bringing these together into a single policy provision is one aspect of the alignment of Terms and Conditions of Service work currently underway in the FCDO.</p><p>In legacy FCO, it was a condition of their employment that members of the diplomatic service must be prepared to serve anywhere in the world at any time during their career, sometimes at very short notice. It is long-standing practice that the legacy FCO provides clearly defined and limited financial support to staff to help maintain the continuity of their children's education. Many parents prefer to take their children with them when they are posted abroad and are required to ensure that their children receive a full-time education from the start of the school term beginning after the child's 5th birthday, continuing until they reach school leaving age. In countries where there is no suitable free English language based schooling available (currently all countries except Australia, New Zealand and the United States), Legacy FCO will meet the costs of schooling, where available, at an appropriate English language school in the city of posting.</p><p>However, there are a number of countries, where we do not permit staff to take their children for health or security reasons. In others, local schools of an acceptable standard are not available. Additionally frequent moves by staff and families between the UK and overseas, and between posts overseas, can be disruptive to the education of the children, therefore, legacy FCO provides Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) to support the children's education. This allows eligible staff to claim for termly tuition fees up to the agreed ceiling, school registration fees, deposits and examination costs. Where school fees exceed the ceiling, staff are required to meet the difference. The allowance is implemented within a strict governance framework and is reviewed regularly.</p><p>CEA is a long-standing policy run under successive governments since 1996, and I refer the Right Honourable Member to PQ [60896] which outlines departmental spend on private schooling for the children of its staff between 1997 and 2005. CEA enables staff who continue to meet certain eligibility criteria to choose to provide an education for their children at a British boarding school in the UK while they continue to take up postings overseas at regular intervals during their career. Without CEA, we would be restricting certain diplomatic roles for individuals without families, narrowing opportunities to have a successful career in our diplomatic service.</p><p><strong>The ceilings for the 2022/23 school year are (per term, 3-term school year):</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>​​Senior Boarder</p></td><td><p>£12,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Day</p></td><td><p>£ 8,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior Boarder</p></td><td><p>​£10,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior Day</p></td><td><p>£ 7,674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>The breakdown of funding per school for Financial Year 2022/23 is as follows:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SCHOOL</p></td><td><p>TOTAL FOR 2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester College</p></td><td><p>£143,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eton College</p></td><td><p>£246,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby School</p></td><td><p>£99,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Millfield School</p></td><td><p>£125,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charterhouse School</p></td><td><p>£171,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow School</p></td><td><p>£34,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks School</p></td><td><p>£721,965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oundle School</p></td><td><p>£487,449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stowe School</p></td><td><p>£103,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordonstoun</p></td><td><p>£130,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,264,809</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 193336 193338 question first answered 28/07/2023 10:22:25 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 88037 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry