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806052

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date	13/12/2017
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help young disabled people into work in (a) Northamptonshire (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	119261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to enabling young disabled people to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations through a number of programmes and initiatives. For example:</p><p> </p><p>a. In Northamptonshire the employment support available for young disabled people includes:</p><ul><li>Jobcentre Plus support for schools targets young people that schools identify as at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education or training), or who may otherwise be disadvantaged in the labour market, such as those with a health or disability issue.</li><li>Supported Internships, which all qualified post-16 education providers in England have delivered since September 2013, are personalised study programmes, based primarily at a prospective employer, for those with complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</li><li>Access to Work, which offers support to disabled people aged 16+ who are in or about to enter paid employment, or engaged in pre-work activities including work experience, apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships.</li><li>The Work and Health Programme, which will provide innovative support through local organisations for around 200,000 disabled people over the course of the programme.</li><li>Specialist Employability Support (SES), which offers support to those with greatest needs and most complex situations, We are currently exploring the best policy options for continuing such support after the SES contracts come to an end in October 2018</li><li>Community Partners, who are working in partnership with work coaches to build disability understanding within Jobcentres and provide insight into the effect disability can have on employment.</li></ul><p> </p><p>b. In addition, in other parts of England the support outlined above is available plus some relevant test and learn initiatives which if successful may be extended further:</p><ul><li>Two proofs of concept offer voluntary supported work experience, with the aim of improving confidence, motivation and understanding of the labour market:</li></ul><p>o Tri-Work, an initiative for disabled young people in years 10/11 in schools and special schools, which targets those most in need of support.</p><p>o Young Persons Supported Work experience (YPSWE), for which 18-24 year olds in the Employment Support Allowance (Work Related Activity Group) in five JCP districts are eligible.</p><ul><li>The Local Supported Employment (LSE) proof of concept ‘place and train’ model, which aims to move disabled people, notably those with learning disability and autism, into real jobs at the going rate of pay, with support for both individual and employer.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 17:34:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

806053

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Northern Ireland's GDP that was produced by trade (a) within Northern Ireland, (b) with the rest of the UK and (c) with the Republic of Ireland in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	119262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency produce an annual measure of local businesses’ sales to markets outside Northern Ireland, which is designated as an experimental statistic.</p><p> </p><p>Total sales by companies in Northern Ireland were estimated to be worth £68.9 billion in 2016. Sales within Northern Ireland were £44.7 billion in 2016, while sales to the rest of the UK were £14.0 billion. Exports to the Republic of Ireland were worth £3.4 billion.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 18/12/2017 17:01:27 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

802171

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Reading: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary school children have daily reading lessons in (a) England and (b) Northamptonshire.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	117858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect information about schools’ timetables and therefore we do not hold this information. We have placed phonics at the heart of the curriculum and introduced the phonics screening check at age six to help identify children that need additional help with their reading. In 2017, 81% of pupils nationally met the expected standard at the end of year 1, up from 58% in 2012. In Northamptonshire, the figure was also 81%, up from 55% in 2012. Thanks to our reforms and the hard work of teachers and pupils, an additional 154,000 six year olds across England are on track to become fluent readers.</p><p>In addition, the 2016 Progress in International Reading Study results, published last week, put the success of our increased emphasis on phonics and continued focus on raising education standards on a global scale. England rose up the rankings from joint 10<sup>th</sup> in 2011 to joint 8<sup>th</sup>, and achieved the highest performance since the study began in 2001, driven by an increase in the number of low-performing pupils reading well.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/12/2017 17:22:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

802367

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage the start up and development of small businesses in (a) Kettering, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	118054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized businesses across England can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. Over the last three years, Government has also supported and invested in the creation of 38 Growth Hubs (one in each Local Enterprise Partnership area), providing businesses across England with tailored advice and support. To date, Growth Hubs have engaged and supported over 570,000 businesses, and helped 11,391 individuals to start a business.</p><p>Velocity Growth Hub serves businesses in the South East Midlands and operates a sub-Growth Hub for businesses based in Northamptonshire. Since 2013, the Northamptonshire Growth Hub has engaged with 4,982 businesses and helped 308 individuals to start a business, with Velocity (including Northamptonshire) having engaged a total of 87,655 businesses and helped 476 individuals to start a business since launch in 2014.</p><p>British Business Bank programmes are currently supporting almost £4 billion of finance to over 60,000 smaller businesses across the UK which includes over 51,500 Start-Up Loans worth over £366 million. Since the launch of the British Business Bank in November 2014, its programmes have facilitated over £78m to businesses in Northamptonshire. This includes 393 Start-up Loans at a value of over £2.5m. Of this figure, over £250k is supporting loans to businesses in the constituency of Kettering.</p><p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we will continue to back small and medium-sized business to grow and create jobs by providing an environment in which they can thrive.</p><p><em>*All British Business Bank data is current as at end of Jun 2017 except for the Start-Up Loans programme which is as at end of Oct 2017</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/12/2017 16:13:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

800757

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to give animal sentience protection under the law; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	117378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State set out the Government’s position in a Written Ministerial Statement on 23 November:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-11-23/HCWS267/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-11-23/HCWS267/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/12/2017 17:51:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

798632

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action On Smoking and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 110843, for what reasons the figure for funding from his Department to Action on Smoking and Health in the financial year 2016-17 is different by £30,000 to that given in the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 6854; how that discrepancy came about; and if he will fully investigate the funding and grant-making processes of his Department in respect of that organisation.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	117026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>In my answer of 5 September 2017 I stated that a grant of £160,000 was awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 in financial year 2016/17. In my answer of 6 November 2017 I referred to a table confirming that grant payments totalling £195,000 were made to ASH during the financial year in 2016/17. Both responses are accurate. The 6 November response which referred to £195,000 highlighted all payments made to ASH during the financial year 2016/17. This is different from the value of the grant for that year because payments are made once ASH has demonstrated successful delivery of grant objectives, after each quarter. The final payment for each year of the ASH grant is made in the subsequent financial year. The attached table is designed to clarify the apparent discrepancy.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/12/2017 17:25:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name Table PQ117026.docx title PQ117026 attached table
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

798633

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action On Smoking and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 110843, for what reasons the grant was awarded for supporting the Tobacco Control Plan in the period when no Tobacco Control Plan was in place.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	117027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has ongoing tobacco control responsibilities. The previous Tobacco Control Plan ran from March 2011 to March 2016. Although the Plan had expired, work to continue delivering on its goals was ongoing and funding was needed to support that work.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/12/2017 17:26:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

798014

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date the Government Equalities Office informed (a) the Prime Minister's Office and (b) the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of its decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin as a general commissioner on the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	116921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) informed the Prime Minister’s Office of my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State’s decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin as a general commissioner on the day before Lord Shinkwin’s appointment on 21 April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The appointment of a commissioner under Schedule 1 paragraph 2(3)(a) of the Equality Act 2006 who is or has been a disabled person does not require consultation with or consent from other parties. The GEO did not inform the then Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, my hon. Friend for Portsmouth North, of the decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/12/2017 17:49:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

796693

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in the prison estate come from each of the three most represented overseas countries.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	116291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. More than 40,000 foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, and last year a record number of over 6,300 were removed. Information is publicly available on the number of foreign prisoners, broken down by nationality, held by HM Prison and Probation Service in England and Wales, and this can be found on Gov.UK using the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/12/2017 13:37:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

795728

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget deficit was in 2010; what his most recent estimate of the budget deficit is; and what forecast he has made of the budget deficit in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	116082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>We have made significant progress in reducing the deficit from its post-war peak of 9.9% of GDP in 2009-10 to 2.3% of GDP in 2016-17. The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts it will fall further to 1.6% of GDP in 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/12/2017 14:30:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone