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573664

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date	02/09/2016
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 assessment her Department has made of the effects of dumping steel flue dust on the surrounding environment; and what guidance and regulations apply to the disposal of steel flue dust.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not undertaken an assessment of the effects of disposing of flue dust from steelworks on the environment. Impacts of direct releases to the environment from steel production are assessed on a site-specific basis during determination of applications for environmental permits. Wastes produced from flue gas abatement are disposed of through many different disposal or recovery routes. Assessment of any environmental impact of these waste operations is also done on a site-specific basis.</p><p> </p><p>Flue dust produced from steelworks will be hazardous waste to be treated and disposed of at a permitted hazardous waste disposal facility. Those who produce or handle hazardous waste have a duty to ensure that the waste causes no harm or damage. Waste producers have specific responsibilities known as 'duty of care'. Those who produce, store, collect transport or receive waste for recycling or disposal must also meet extra requirements, which are described on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/dispose-hazardous-waste" target="_blank">GOV.UK website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/09/2016 13:19:53 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573889

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Mining: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents have occurred in mines in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) operational data is derived from reports made under duties contained in the Reporting of Injuries and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) (and earlier versions). It is as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of reported injuries in underground mines in Great Britain* **</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>146</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>114</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2014 – 31 March 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2016 – 31 August 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong> A key change to RIDDOR occurred in April 2012, ie the threshold for reporting of those injuries to workers which result in the person being incapacitated for more than three days changed to over seven days.</p><p> </p><p>** It should be noted that the reducing trend is, in part, due to the reduction in the number of large working mines in recent years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 12:31:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573892

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Mining: Redcar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the recent fatalities at the Boulby Potash mine; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the need to take any such action in respect of those fatalities.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has received one representation on recent incidents, from the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. HSE has carried out a variety of interventions with the operators of Boulby mine, ranging from the serving of Prohibition Notices to a detailed assessment of their safety and competency management systems. HSE is reviewing the circumstances of a number of recent incidents with a view to taking further enforcement action if appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2016 12:22:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573893

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Mining: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of health and safety incidents which have taken place in the mining industry when employees were working on shift patterns of more than (a) eight, (b) 10 and (c) 12 hours.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive does not hold such information.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2016 16:24:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573897

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Mining: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the relationship between staffing levels and health and safety incidents in mines.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>During its interventions, HSE assesses how dutyholders provide for and manage the provision of safety-critical competence at mines. This includes assessing whether staff with responsibility for safety-critical tasks are sufficiently experienced and resourced.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/09/2016 16:22:53 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573900

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Mining: Industrial Health and Safety
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 prevent accidents in the mining industry.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The Mines Regulations 2014 replaced all previous legislation relating to health and safety in mines. They provide a comprehensive and simple goal-setting legal framework to ensure that mine operators provide all the necessary protection for mineworkers and others from the inherent hazards in mining.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) targets interventions with the underground mining dutyholders and a mine’s past safety and health performance is taken into account when deciding on the detail of specific interventions.</p><p> </p><p>HSE investigates reported accidents in mines in line with the criteria set out in its Incident Selection Criteria. Investigations focus on determining both the immediate and underlying causes in order to prevent recurrence. HSE also make recommendations for improved methods of work and systems for the wider industry if necessary and holds dutyholders to account through proportional enforcement where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 11:01:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573901

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Mining: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make financial support available to improve health and safety (a) at Boulby Potash mine and (b) in the mining industry.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not provide individual businesses or the mining industry with financial support to help them meet their health and safety duties. Protection of employees, or others who may be affected by work activities, is the responsibility of those who create the health and safety risks. The Health and Safety Executive’s programme of work for the mines industry is described further on its website (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/mining/programme.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/mining/programme.htm</a>).</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/09/2016 11:11:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573971

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	UK Commission for Employment and Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2016 to Question 40241, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the reconstituting of her Department on the continuation of (a) the Employer Skills Survey, (b) the Employer Perspectives Survey, (c) Labour Market Information and (d) other research products previously produced by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>My written statement of 21 July [HCWS121] confirmed that management of the Employer Skills Survey, the Employer Perspectives Survey and the LMI (Labour Market Information) for All Portal would be transferred to the Department for Education.</p><p>The contract for maintaining the LMI for All portal has been re-let to the Institute for Employment Research, the Employer Perspectives Survey is being prepared for publication and we will shortly begin commissioning of the Employer Skills Survey.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 12/09/2016 15:16:55 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

542172

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places for 16 to 19 year olds there are in (a) schools and (b) further education colleges in (i) the Tees Valley and (ii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency; and how many such places are planned for each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	43989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>i. The following table summarises the total number of places allocated to all post-16 institutions based in Tees Valley for the academic year 2016 to 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Allocated 16 to 19 places for Tees Valley Area based institutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Student Numbers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy</p></td><td><p>2,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Schools</p></td><td><p>311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial and Charitable Provider</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General FE and Tertiary</p></td><td><p>10,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>4,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,615</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>EFA Funded students – figures are yet to be published (October 2016) and may be subject to very minor change.</em></p><p> </p><p>ii. The following table summarises the total number of places allocated to all post-16 institutions based in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency for the academic year 2016 to 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Allocated 16 to 19 places for institutions based in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Student numbers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>1,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,969</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>EFA Funded students – figures are yet to be published (October 2016) and may be subject to very minor change. </em></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold planned numbers for future years.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/09/2016 16:25:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

542252

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Cleveland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of sexual offences Cleveland Police received in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those reports led to prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	43991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The number of sexual and violence against the person offences recorded by Cleveland police from 2011/12 to 2015/16 are given in the table.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of prosecutions resulting from offences recorded by the police. Information on crimes assigned a charge or summons outcome is available from April 2014, when data on outcomes were first collected linked specifically to their associated crimes. Previously, outcomes data supplied by forces related to the volume recorded regardless of when the crime was committed. The new method of collection was implemented to provide greater transparency and highlight how each crime recorded in any period is resolved by the police.</p><p>The table shows the proportion of sexual and violent offences that resulted in a police charge or summons in 2014/15 and 2015/16. In addition, it shows the proportion of each offence group that has not been assigned an outcome. This is important to note, in particular for sexual offences, because length of investigations mean that the most recent year has more crimes that have yet to be assigned an outcome than the previous year.</p><p>Not all charges or summonses will lead to a prosecution, the Ministry of Justice hold and publish data on prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 43990 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:08:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name PQ43990-91 Blekinsop table _dw.xlsx title Sexual and violent offences
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop