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1128975

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Occupational Health
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 support employers to improve workplace health.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	259190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The HSE is undertaking a programme of targeted activity with employers to help them put in place suitable and proportionate preventative measures designed to address three key work-related ill health issues; musculoskeletal disease, work-related stress and occupational lung disease. This programme involves a substantial body of cross-cutting interventions (including publicity and awareness-raising activities, sector-specific initiatives, and regulatory interventions) and forms part of HSE’s contribution to the health and safety strategy – <em>Helping Great Britain Work Well – </em>launched in 2016<em>.</em></p><p>The DWP and DHSC Joint Work and Health Unit is overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that were made in <em>Thriving at Work: The Stevenson / Farmer review of mental health and employers</em> published in October 2017 these range from short term deliverables to longer term reform. Government is committed to working with the authors of the review and key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p><p> </p><p>One of the review’s recommendations was about transparency as a significant opportunity to encourage cultural change around mental health. We have worked with partners, including employers, to develop a framework to support organisations to record and voluntarily report information on disability and mental health in the workplace. This framework was published on 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2018 and is aimed at large employers with 250 or more employees. To improve information and advice for employers we are working with Mind and the Royal Foundation to continue developing their Mental Health at Work website (<a href="https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk</a>) which launched on 11<sup>th</sup> September 2018.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/06/2019 13:18:17 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804527

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people aged (a) 18-24, and (b) over 24 in (i) Sunderland and (ii) the north east of England have enrolled in (A) further and (B) higher education in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The following outlines the details of those in further education.</p><p>The proportion of people in specified age groups participating in further education in:</p><p>Houghton and Sunderland South constituency:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 18-24</p></td><td><p>28.5%</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 25+</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>North East of England:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 18-24</p></td><td><p>24.7%</p></td><td><p>22.4%</p></td><td><p>21.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 25+</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) These figures include Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning, and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges, and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.</p><p>(2) Proportions include the number of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the calculated proportions for each academic year.</p><p>(3) Learner age is as reported on 31 August of each academic year</p><p>(4) Learners are allocated to regions/constituencies based upon their home postcode</p><p>(5) Population estimates derived from published Office for National Statistics data:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesanalysistool" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesanalysistool</a></p><p>(6) Mid-year population estimates were used to calculate the proportion of Further Education (FE) participants for the subsequent academic year; for example, mid-2016 population estimates were used to derive the proportion of FE participants in the 2016/17 academic year not 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The following outlines the details of those in Higher Education.</p><p> </p><p>UCAS publish the entry rate for 18 year olds to full-time undergraduate courses by parliamentary constituency. The entry rates for older age groups by parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><p> </p><p>18-year-old entry rates to full-time undergraduate courses</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton and Sunderland South constituency</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td><td><p>25.5%</p></td><td><p>26.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East of England</p></td><td><p>27.8%</p></td><td><p>28.9%</p></td><td><p>30.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Data are published by teh Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) as part of their End of Cycle reports. See: <a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/2017-end-cycle-report" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/2017-end-cycle-report</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/86541/download?token=PQnaAI5f" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/86541/download?token=PQnaAI5f</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:20:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804528

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to further and higher education institutions for people living in (a) Sunderland and (b) the north east of England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The government funds a wide range of Further Education colleges and private training providers across the North East. In addition, the National Apprenticeship Service works with a wide range of public and private sector employers in the region to promote apprenticeships to individuals of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17 there were 9,080 adults participating in Further Education in Sunderland and 208,520 in the North East.</p><p> </p><p>A number of financial support programmes are available to 16-19 year olds to help with the costs associated with post-16 education. These are: the 16-19 Bursary Fund (which is commonly used to cover the costs of transport, educational trips, and course equipment), Care to Learn (which provides childcare funding and related travel costs for young parents aged under 20) and support with accommodation costs for students aged 16 to 19 via the Residential Bursary Fund and the Residential Student Support. All programmes are subject to eligibilities, but are designed to ensure 16-19 year olds are able to participate regardless of their financial situation.</p><p> </p><p>To support access for adults from disadvantaged groups in the North East and across England, the Adult Education Budget funds colleges and providers to help adult learners to overcome barriers which prevent them from taking part in learning. This includes Learner Support to help learners with a specific financial hardship and to meet the additional needs of students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Data published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service shows that the 18-year-old entry rate to full-time Higher Education (HE) for the North East of England has increased proportionally by 34 per cent this year, compared to 2006 and by 24.8% in Houghton and South Sunderland. In our last guidance to the Director of Fair Access we asked that areas with the poorest progression to higher education receive particular attention. This includes through more long-term outreach and collaboration with schools.</p><p> </p><p>HE Institutions expect to spend more than £860 million on measures to improve access and student success for those from disadvantaged backgrounds through access agreements with the Director of Fair Access for 2018/19. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has put in place ‘The National Collaborative Outreach Programme’ which provides £120 million to 29 consortia undertaking outreach activity in geographical areas where the higher education participation of young people is both low and much lower than expected based on GCSE-level attainment. The North East Collaborative Outreach Programme, covering North East England is one of the consortia being funded.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:46:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804529

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students studying at (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge university came from (a) Sunderland and (b) the north east of England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK higher education institutions (HEIs), including information on the location of each student’s permanent home address before they started their course (known as “domicile”). Across all English HEIs, 0.3% of students enrolled in the academic year 2015/16 were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area and 3.4% were domiciled in the North East region.</p><p> </p><p>The attached tables detail the numbers of students who were enrolled at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in the academic year 2015/16 who were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, the North East region and England respectively, broken down by level of study.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 0.1% of students enrolled at the University of Oxford were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, and 1.3% domiciled in the North East region as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 0.1% of students enrolled at the University of Cambridge were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, and 1.4% domiciled in the North East region as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/12/2017 15:24:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone attachment 1 file name 118731 - Attachment - 121217.docx title Enrolments by level of study for selected domicile
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

435789

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) what representations he has received on and (b) whether his Department plans to incentivise employers to offer the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>From 1 April 2016 every employer is required by law to pay the new statutory National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/12/2015 16:41:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

167025

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's submission to the government fleet review.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	216520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The deadline for central government departments to confirm whether they wanted to participate in the ultra low emission vehicle readiness project was 13 October. No deadline was given to participants for the provision of data to the fleet review process. We currently expect the reviews to have concluded by 31 March 2015. We will give an update thereafter on how many vehicles will be integrated into each fleet.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 216518 216519 216606 216607 question first answered 05/12/2014 10:33:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

44818

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, columns 705-6W, on domestic violence: prosecutions, if he will estimate the number of victimless prosecutions for domestic violence-related offences in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	193325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave her on the 13th February (Official Report, Col 706W).</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson