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1142777

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date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Equal Pay
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 gender pay gap in higher education (a) at Portsmouth University and (b) in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Since April 2017, employers with more than 250 staff are required by law to annually report gender pay gap information. All of the gender pay gap data published by organisations, including the University of Portsmouth, is available on the government’s reporting website: <a href="https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2019 16:31:55 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1142779

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
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 effect on funding for STEM subjects at higher education institutions of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Part of the teaching grant funding that the government provides to eligible higher education (HE) providers, via the Office for Students, is allocated to support the provision of high-cost subjects, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. We do not expect this funding arrangement to change as a result of Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>We do not expect any significant short-term increase in the vulnerability of HE providers to financial failure as a result of no deal EU Exit. The income shock from EU exit, deal or otherwise, is expected to be ‘manageable’, and any effect will not lead to a cliff-edge.</p><p> </p><p>Department for Education officials engage regularly with HE institutions in relation to HE funding and the provision of high-priority courses such as STEM, as well as on EU Exit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2019 16:54:49 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1142780

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with universities on the effect of higher education funding arrangements on the sustainability of STEM courses in (a) Portsmouth and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Part of the teaching grant funding that the government provides to eligible higher education providers, via the Office for Students, is allocated to support the provision of high-cost subjects, including most science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.</p><p>As part of the government’s Post-18 Education and Funding Review, the department will be considering recommendations made by the independent panel carefully. The government has not yet made a decision regarding the recommendations put forward. The department will continue to engage with stakeholders as it considers the recommendations.</p><p>Discussions with stakeholders are likely to include higher education funding and provision of high-priority courses, such as STEM.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/09/2019 16:52:21 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1142781

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Pensions
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 effect on jobs of the decision not to increase funding for higher education institutions with increased pension costs as a result of changes to public sector pensions at (a) Portsmouth University and (b) higher education institutions across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Portsmouth South to the answer given by the former Minister of State (Jo Johnson), my right hon. Friend for Orpington on 8 August 2019 to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-07-23/281106/" target="_blank">281106</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 09/09/2019 16:04:08 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1142811

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Portsmouth International Port
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reimbursement mechanism is for the recovery of costs incurred at Portsmouth International Port from preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>On 30 August, as part of a £30m investment package for ports, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced a targeted £5m fund for Local Resilience Forums (LRF) for traffic management improvements on roads around key maritime ports outside Kent. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum, which includes Portsmouth City Council, is eligible for up to £1.25m from this fund in recognition of the high volume of accompanied freight traffic between Portsmouth International Port and EU ports. The LRF funding could be used for reimbursement of the council’s capital works on local roads, provided that it can demonstrate that the works were undertaken to directly mitigate the potential traffic impacts of a no-deal Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>This funding from DfT is in addition to funding for councils and LRFs provided by MHCLG to support their development of robust Brexit plans and continued preparedness activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/09/2019 12:36:36 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1143128

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Charities: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has plans to undertake a comprehensive review of charity taxation and reliefs.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the vital work that charities do for the UK, which is why it provided £5.3 billion worth of tax reliefs to the sector and its donors in 2018/19, including over £1.3bn of Gift Aid.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the impact on charities regarding the proposal made in the report by the independent Charity Tax Commission published in July 2019 to introduce a universal Gift Aid declaration database.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax reliefs under review. However there are no plans to undertake a formal comprehensive review of charity taxation and reliefs.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 284793 question first answered 09/09/2019 10:18:22 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1143129

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gift Aid: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the financial wellbeing of charitable organisations of introducing a universal Gift Aid declaration database.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the vital work that charities do for the UK, which is why it provided £5.3 billion worth of tax reliefs to the sector and its donors in 2018/19, including over £1.3bn of Gift Aid.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the impact on charities regarding the proposal made in the report by the independent Charity Tax Commission published in July 2019 to introduce a universal Gift Aid declaration database.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax reliefs under review. However there are no plans to undertake a formal comprehensive review of charity taxation and reliefs.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 284546 question first answered 09/09/2019 10:18:22 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1143131

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wills: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the economic wellbeing of charitable organisations of removing VAT from the cost of writing wills that include a charitable donation.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The costs for writing wills that include a charitable donation are subject to the standard rate of VAT. Under the current EU VAT rules, it is not possible to zero rate or exempt these costs from VAT. Whilst the UK remains a member of the EU, it must comply with the rights and obligations that membership entails. This includes the application of EU VAT rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that tax is a sovereign matter and that it will be open to us to change in the future or include in any negotiations with the EU. While there might be more flexibility in the future, removing VAT on the cost of writing wills would need to be measured carefully and balanced against wider policy, economic and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/09/2019 09:05:26 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1143320

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Autism: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing tailored mental health services for people diagnosed with autism.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The National Autistic Society estimates that around 70-80% of autistic people will develop a mental health condition at some point in their lives. It is therefore critical that autistic people have equitable access to mental health services, with reasonable adjustments made where appropriate.</p><p>On 5 December 2018, the Government announced that we will be launching a comprehensive review of our autism strategy, ‘Think Autism’. This is to ensure it remains fit for purpose. The Government wants an autism strategy that works for all autistic people, and that is why, working very closely with the Department for Education, the Department of Health and Social Care will be extending the strategy to include children.</p><p>Under the NHS Long Term Plan, there will be a comprehensive expansion of mental health services, with an additional £2.3 billion in real terms by 2023/24. This will give 380,000 more adults access to psychological therapies and 345,000 more children and young people greater support in the next five years. The National Health Service will also roll out new waiting times to ensure rapid access to mental health services in the community for those that need it and expand crisis care.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 18:13:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1143321

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations in the report entitled, A spectrum of obstacles, published by the Westminster Commission on Autism in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	284553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that autistic people have equitable access to services, recognising the health inequalities they currently experience.</p><p>We are reviewing our autism strategy to ensure it remains fit for purpose and we are extending it to include children.</p><p>To inform our review we launched a national call for evidence, which closed on 16 May. This will help us understand what is working and where we need to push harder to transform the experiences of autistic people. We received over 2,700 responses and will be publishing the revised strategy later this year.</p><p>We also launched a consultation on proposals to introduce mandatory awareness training for learning disability and autism to ensure health and care staff have the knowledge and skills to deliver safe, compassionate and informed care. This closed on 26 April and we received around 5,000 responses which we are now considering. We will publish our response to the consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 17:24:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan