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1178314

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date	13/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to help reduce rates of prisoner re-offending.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	2007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that all offenders have the tools they need to turn their backs on crime. The current proven reoffending rate is 28.7%.</p><p> </p><p>We know that offenders typically have needs in a range of areas, such as education, employment, accommodation and family relationships. Many of these needs drive offending and the prison and probation system provides an opportunity to address them.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently overhauled the prison education system, giving governors more control over the education budget for their establishments, and have implemented two new prison education frameworks. Additionally, the new Prison Education Service will build on this by improving the range of training available to prisoners which is directly linked to real jobs on release. We are also engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners via the New Futures Network (NFN) and in May 2019 we introduced reforms to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL).</p><p> </p><p>We are investing up to £6.4m in an accommodation pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons: Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville. Services have now commenced in all three areas, with the first individuals now being supported into accommodation following release.</p><p> </p><p>We are also making positive progress in implementing the recommendations as set out by Lord Farmer’s review on the importance of family engagement to reduce reoffending and we have delivered 13 out of the 19 recommendations to date.</p><p> </p><p>Although much is being done to reduce reoffending, this remains a complex issue that requires a combined effort across government and local partners in order to support ex-offenders when they are released.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 12:10:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1178321

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Generation: Leicester East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of victims of the Windrush scandal that reside in Leicester East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	2014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of members of the Windrush generation that reside in Leicester East constituency is not available. Information relating to individual Windrush migrants is not recorded by constituency.</p><p>Information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme is available to view on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-may-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-may-2020</a>.</p><p>We do not break down the number of claims awarded by geographical area as this could potentially identify individual claimants. Furthermore, the addresses provided by claimants may well change over time, therefore rendering a search potentially inaccurate.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 2015 question first answered 06/07/2020 11:27:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178322

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Generation: Leicester East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of the Windrush scandal in Leicester East constituency have received compensation.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	2015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of members of the Windrush generation that reside in Leicester East constituency is not available. Information relating to individual Windrush migrants is not recorded by constituency.</p><p>Information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme is available to view on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-may-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-may-2020</a>.</p><p>We do not break down the number of claims awarded by geographical area as this could potentially identify individual claimants. Furthermore, the addresses provided by claimants may well change over time, therefore rendering a search potentially inaccurate.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 2014 question first answered 06/07/2020 11:27:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178324

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications have been received; which organisations made those applications; to the Ports Infrastructure and Connectivity and Resilience Fund; and how much has been paid from that Fund to date.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	2016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>My Department received 28 Ports Infrastructure and Connectivity and Resilience Fund applications. They were from Bristol, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Harwich, Heysham, Hull, Immingham, Ipswich, Kings Lynn, Lancaster, Liverpool, London Gateway, Newhaven, Pembroke Dock, Plymouth, Poole, Port of London, Portland, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Shoreham, Southampton, Teesport, Thames Oilport, Thamesport, Tilbury, and Tyne.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far a total of £265,458.50 in grants has been paid to the successful applicants who have completed their projects and provided fully verified expenditure documentation for these projects. We expect that this amount will increase rapidly over the next month or so as my Department receives, and is able to verify, the relevant documentation from the remaining successful applicants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/02/2020 10:58:43 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1178330

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
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 number of students from Europe studying in the UK through the Erasmus+ programme, at each university.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	2019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made no estimate of the number of students from Europe studying in the UK through the Erasmus+ programme by university. While the European Commission (EC) records the number of incoming mobilities to the UK on the Erasmus+ programme this is not broken down by sub-national, regional or institutional level.</p><p>The number of incoming Higher Education students, trainees and staff to the UK on the Erasmus+ programme from 2014/15 to 2017/18 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/factsheets_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/factsheets_en</a>.</p><p>The EC publishes more data on Erasmus+ in their statistical annexes:</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 24/02/2020 10:59:17 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1178333

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reports his Department has received of (a) bullying and (b) harassment of junior NHS doctors working in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	1872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The 2019 NHS Staff Survey published on 18 February 2020 shows that 14.6% of medical and dental staff in the National Health Service have personally experienced an instance of bullying, harassment or abuse from a manager; 21.3% from a colleague. These figures have decreased by 1.2% and 0.3% from the 2018 NHS Staff survey, respectively. This follows work that is being done by the NHS Social Partnership Forum working with NHS system leaders, NHS employers, staff and their trade unions to support the leadership and culture change required to eradicate all forms of bullying and of harassment.</p><p>However, this level of bullying and harassment is still unacceptably high. The final NHS People Plan, to be published later this year, will set out further action to tackle bullying and harassment as part of making the NHS the best place to work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2020 13:03:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1178335

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were closed in 2019 as a result of a claimant failing to accept their claimant commitment when they have (a) no work-related requirements, (b) work preparation requirements only and (c) work-focused interview requirements.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	1855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide a conditionality group breakdown for claims which were closed before first payment of Universal Credit. This is because a conditionality group is not determined for all claimants until the end of the first assessment period is reached.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/02/2020 11:44:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1178347

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Libya: Armed Forces
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 has had with his Egyptian counterpart on that country’s logistical support to the Libyan National Army.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	1939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is in frequent contact with Egypt about the situation in Libya. The Foreign Secretary discussed it with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, in London on 21 January. The UK and Egypt supported the conclusions of the Berlin conference on Libya on 19 January that called for an end to external military support to the parties in Libya. The UN Security Council endorsed the Berlin conference conclusions in Resolution 2510 of 12 February.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/02/2020 16:45:35 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1178354

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	East Africa: Locusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the desert locust invasion in Eastern Africa.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about the devastating locust outbreak in East Africa. It is destroying crops, livelihoods and essential food supplies.</p><p>UK aid is helping to tackle this outbreak though the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The CERF has released £7.5 million to the UN Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) Locust Appeal. Our support is having an immediate impact, with UK aid backed funding, the FAO is spraying pesticides on the ground and by air to prevent further damage to crops and protect livelihoods.</p><p>DFID’s existing humanitarian and development programming in the region is working to address current food insecurity and poverty challenges and is ready to flex to respond to this crisis. We continue to monitor the situation closely and stand ready to help further.</p><p>As rising temperatures due to climate change make such events across Africa more likely, we are also helping communities adapt longer term to climate shocks.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 24/02/2020 17:58:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1178365

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the role school-specific uniform plays in counteracting bullying in schools.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	2029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department strongly encourages schools to have a school uniform. We recognise the valuable role it can play in contributing to the ethos of a school and setting an appropriate tone.</p><p>It is for the governing body of a school (or in the case of academies, the academy trust) to decide whether there should be a school uniform and what it will be.</p><p>When deciding upon a school uniform policy and considering how the school uniform should be sourced, governing bodies should give highest priority to the consideration of cost and value for money for parents. Governing bodies should be able to demonstrate that they have obtained the best value for money from suppliers.</p><p>The Government is pleased to support the recently introduced Private Member’s Bill to ‘Make provision for guidance about the cost aspects of school uniform policies.’ It will place a duty on the Secretary of State for Education to issue statutory guidance pertaining to the cost aspects of school uniform policies. We intend to consider the views of a full range of stakeholders when developing this statutory guidance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 2030 2031 2032 question first answered 28/02/2020 09:28:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer