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1090916

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish time series data on the number of apprenticeship starts in the NHS in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	233502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In November 2018, we published details of our progress against the public sector apprenticeship target for the first year of the target. These can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>This showed that, in the National Health Service (NHS), 1.2% of employees started an apprenticeship between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, which is 13,800 new starts. It should be noted that this data is based on self-declared information on organisation headcounts and apprentice recruitment submitted by public sector bodies.</p><p>The department also publishes data on apprenticeship starts in the health, public services and care sector subject area. This includes the number of starts on the ‘Registered Nurse’ degree apprenticeship and ‘Nursing Associate’ apprenticeship standards.</p><p>Monthly breakdowns for individual standards and frameworks, as well as for sector subject areas, have been published from 2014/15 onwards and can be accessed at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-february-2019</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care are working closely with employers and Health Education England to make sure that the NHS is fully supported to recruit the apprentices they need to deliver high quality care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2019 08:49:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1015086

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the Department of Health and Social Care and his Department, published in November 2016, (a) how many immigration offenders were reported to the Home Office by NHS Digital and (b) what sanctions those immigration offenders received after being so reported to the Home Office in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding which came into force on 1 January 2017 has now been withdrawn. A new Memorandum of Understanding is being produced to reflect the commitments made by my Hon Friend, the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 9 May 2018.</p><p>NHS Digital information on the number of Home Office requests processed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in 2017 can be found at:<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/health-committee/memorandum-of-understanding-on-datasharing-between-nhs-digital-and-the-home-office/written/76672.html" target="_blank"> http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/health-committee/memorandum-of-understanding-on-datasharing-between-nhs-digital-and-the-home-office/written/76672.html</a></p><p>Data on 2018 requests can be accessed at: <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/register-of-approved-data-releases" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/register-of-approved-data-releases</a></p><p>The information provided to the Home Office supports the broader intelligence picture regarding a particular individual and their whereabouts. The Home Office does not record the information in such a way as to attribute it to specific outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/11/2018 16:36:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1008487

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 9 of the Health and Social care document entitled Prevention is better than cure published on 5 November 2018, what estimate he has made of the number of children in each constituent part of the UK that live in homes that are (a) badly maintained, (b) overcrowded, and (c) in areas of high air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	192130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not publish information on the number of children who live in homes that are badly maintained, overcrowded, and in areas of high air population. The English Housing Survey collects and publishes information about the condition of dwellings and levels of overcrowding, at a national level. The latest results can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/11/2018 13:49:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845731

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has received from funds raised by the immigration skills charge; and what plans his Department has for the allocation of future funds raised by the immigration skills charge.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	128703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collect the Immigration Skills Charge as part of the visa sponsorship process and transfer it to the Exchequer, less an amount to cover the costs of collecting it. The population percentages underlying the Barnett formula are used by HM Treasury to determine the split of funding raised by the Immigration Skills Charge between the Department for Education and each of the devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education receive their funding from HMT some of which contributes to the Department for Education’s skills budget in England. This budget is used to address skills gaps in the resident workforce by developing the skills of individuals required by employers.</p><p> </p><p>(a contribution to this response has been provided by The Department for Education England who are unable to comment on behalf of the Devolved Administrations)</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 128704 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:19:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845732

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how funds raised from the immigration skills charge have been reinvested in training for the health and social care workforce.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	128704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collect the Immigration Skills Charge as part of the visa sponsorship process and transfer it to the Exchequer, less an amount to cover the costs of collecting it. The population percentages underlying the Barnett formula are used by HM Treasury to determine the split of funding raised by the Immigration Skills Charge between the Department for Education and each of the devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education receive their funding from HMT some of which contributes to the Department for Education’s skills budget in England. This budget is used to address skills gaps in the resident workforce by developing the skills of individuals required by employers.</p><p> </p><p>(a contribution to this response has been provided by The Department for Education England who are unable to comment on behalf of the Devolved Administrations)</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 128703 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:19:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

524913

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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	Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made since the Anti-Corruption Summit of 12 May 2016 on implementing the Government's plan to establish central registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Agreement has been reached with all the relevant Overseas Territories, and with the Isle of Man and Jersey on the establishment of central registers or similarly effective systems. These arrangements will give UK law enforcement and tax authorities quick and unrestricted access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in these Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. This is a significant step forward in our ability to fight criminal activity. The signing of a similar arrangement with Guernsey is expected shortly, following their recent general election and formation of a new government.</p><p>Requests from UK law enforcement will be processed within 24 hours and quicker in urgent cases. The new arrangements must be in place by June 2017, but relevant Government Departments and law enforcement authorities are working with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to ensure some changes are made immediately.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/06/2016 13:00:31 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

459370

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of officials of her Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in each of the last five years; and what proportion of total sick leave that leave was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	30679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The table below provides details of the number and proportion of officials that took sick leave relating to Mental Health Disorders in the core-Department as at 31st December in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of All Core Defra Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Dec-11</strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Dec-12</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Dec-13</strong></p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Dec-14</strong></p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>31-Dec-15</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are unable to disaggregate stress from the category mental disorders. This category includes personality and behavioural disorders and lists 24 descriptors of which <strong>stress</strong> is one.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/03/2016 17:10:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454283

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to his officials in each of the last five years; and what the total of such bonuses was to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s office and No.10 are integral parts of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Non-pensionable bonuses are only awarded to staff in recognition of sustained high performance. This allows the Cabinet Office to reward high performance and create an organisation that delivers on its challenging objectives. The information requested since 2011-12 for all Cabinet Office staff including that of Ministerial offices has been published on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data" target="_blank">Cabinet Office website</a>.</p><p>Information on non-consolidated bonuses for 2011-12 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/62006/ncprp-data-collection.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/62006/ncprp-data-collection.csv/preview</a></p><p>Information on non-consolidated bonuses for 2012-13 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/83748/CO_NCPRP.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/83748/CO_NCPRP.csv/preview</a></p><p>Information on non-consolidated bonuses for 2013-14 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414856/Cabinet_Office_NCPRP_2014.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414856/Cabinet_Office_NCPRP_2014.csv/preview</a></p><p>The most up to date information for 2014-15 is due to be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2016 10:53:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth