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919174

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses to trade with other Commonwealth countries after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	151248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>It is important that we continue to look at reducing trade barriers bilaterally which will benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We are doing this through our current Working Groups with countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and India. Intra Commonwealth trade in goods and services is estimated to be $560bn and projected to reach $700bn by 2020.</p><p>In addition, the Department participated actively throughout the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London where my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade announced policies to help boost intra-Commonwealth trade. This included the launch of the Commonwealth Standards Network to increase the use of international standards across the Commonwealth, which will support private and public-sector users of standards, including SMEs. A trade facilitation programme was also announced which provides technical assistance to selected countries in implementing the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/06/2018 08:24:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

917153

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
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	Chronic Illnesses: Presciptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he make an estimate the merits of making free prescriptions available to all people with lifelong diseases.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make such an estimate. In the financial year 2016/17 prescription charge income generated £554.9 million of revenue for the National Health Service which played a key role in contributing to the cost of providing services.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/06/2018 14:06:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

914793

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Almost 90% young people in England, and the East Midlands, are now in education, employment or training, but there is more to do.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of young people not in education, employment or training in the East Midlands has fallen from 12.4% in Q4 of 2010 to 11.1% in Q4 in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In the East Midlands, the government is providing support to improve skills through Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). For example, over £30 million of Local Growth Funding has been provided through the Derby and Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire LEP, to create a new Nottingham College campus and to extend the Vision West Nottinghamshire College in Mansfield. These projects should create places for 2,000 additional learners.</p><p> </p><p>Through the work of The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network, we are linking young people in schools and colleges with employers so that they are more aware of the possibilities available to them. All schools in England will be offered an Enterprise Adviser (a senior business volunteer) by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Across the East Midlands we are also funding various careers and enterprise activities. In the Derby ‘Opportunity Area’, The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company will make sure that those between 11 and 18 years old benefit from four encounters with the world of work. Some of the organisations that are being funded in Derby include the Engineering Development Trust, Future First and Young Enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/06/2018 13:55:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 62307 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

914795

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Vocational Qualifications: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils achieved a NVQ3+ or equivalent in (a) Mansfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) East Midlands in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Statistics for Mansfield constituency are not available but the number and percentage of students achieving level 3 qualifications at a local authority and regional level in 2016/17 is published online[1]<sup>,</sup>[2]. The figures for students[3] obtaining at least 2 substantial level 3 qualifications[4]<sup>,</sup>[5] by the end of their 16-18 study[6] are provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Geography</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of level 3 students</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieving at least 2 substantial level 3 qualifications (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nottinghamshire local authority</strong></p></td><td><p>4,748</p></td><td><p>78.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands region</strong></p></td><td><p>30,765</p></td><td><p>79.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England (state-funded sector)<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>389,784</p></td><td><p>83.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] For students at the end of their 16-18 study, who achieved a level 3 qualification during their study: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised</a> (Open the ‘local authority tables’ and then tab ‘9a all’. For achievement in all level 3 qualifications use columns D, E and F.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19-in-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19-in-2017</a>.</p><p>[3] Covers students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the 2016/17 academic year, i.e. 31 August 2016.</p><p>[4] Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one academic qualification equal in size to at least half (0.5) an A level or an extended project (size 0.3), or applied general or Tech level qualification during their 16-18 study.</p><p>[5] Substantial level 3 qualifications are defined as qualifications that are at least the size of an A level (180 guided learning hours per year), such as a BTEC subsidiary diploma level 3. If a qualification is equal in size to two A levels it is counted as two substantial level 3 qualifications.</p><p>[6] Covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges, state-funded special schools and FE sector colleges. Excludes pupil referral units, alternative provision, hospital schools, non-maintained special schools, other government department funded colleges, independent schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved to take pupils with special educational needs.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/06/2018 16:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

914837

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support the development of regional infrastructure in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>This government is committed to ensuring that every part of the country has a modern and efficient infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Superfast Broadband in Nottinghamshire has risen from 65% to 98% since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The current East Midlands rail ‎franchise has delivered over £13 million of investment, including additional services between Newark and Nottingham.</p><p> </p><p>£1.8 billion is being spent on road schemes across the Midlands network, including an upgrade to the M1 with vital junction improvements to increase capacity and reduce congestion for Nottingham. £5 million has also been awarded for the extensive repairs to the A38 and A617 Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/06/2018 16:06:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

914838

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in Nottinghamshire in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Nationally, core funding for schools and high needs has risen from almost £41 billion in 2017/18 to £42.4 billion this year, and will rise again to £43.5 billion in 2019/20.</p><p>Allocations to all local authorities for the 2017-18 financial year can be viewed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Schools in Nottinghamshire were allocated £459 million in the 2017/18 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 2018/19, local authorities’ funding for schools is determined by the national funding formula. Schools in Nottinghamshire were allocated £469 million in the 2017/19 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2018 16:24:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

911144

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the sustainability of funding levels for early years provision.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	147971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017. Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures. Our average hourly funding rate to authorities for three and four-year-olds, which increased from £4.56 to nearly £5 an hour, compares very favourably with published independent research, which showed that the average hourly delivery cost to be £3.72.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor delivery costs and have recently commissioned new research to provide us with further robust and detailed childcare cost data of under five-year-olds using a representative sample of early years providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/06/2018 15:42:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

909100

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle illegal behaviour on social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	146345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2018 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Government response to the Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper on 20 May, DCMS and Home Office will jointly work on a White Paper with other government departments, to be published later this year. This will set out legislation to be brought forward that tackles a range of both legal and illegal harms, from cyberbullying to online child sexual exploitation. The Government will continue to collaborate closely with industry on this work, to ensure it builds on progress already made.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister said in her speech at Davos on 25 January, we are looking at the legal liability that social media companies have for the illegal content shared on their sites. Before taking any decisions we will be working closely with the full range of stakeholders who have an interest in this area.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/06/2018 10:39:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

906360

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the amount of funding her Department has allocated to support workless households in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	145403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold expenditure data on the basis of workless households. However, in 2016/17 DWP spent £575m on Employment Programmes.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/05/2018 10:51:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

902211

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts and Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an estimate of the amount of funding his Department has spent on arts and culture provision in former coalfield communities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	143239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Historic England and Heritage Lottery Fund support coalfield communities by conserving and protecting key industrial heritage sites, their associated settlements and community buildings which provide a strong sense of place and community identity, supporting the economic and social regeneration of coalfield communities through heritage regeneration.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2012 and March 2017, Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £285.3m to 1,302 projects in coalfield community areas within the UK. By regional breakdown this includes East Midlands - £53,132,700; North East -£18,846,633; North West - £6,848,900; South East -£22,186,300; West Midlands -£35,198,600; Yorkshire and The Humber -£58,670,600.</p><p> </p><p>Arts Council England have also provided significant investment into coalfield communities over the last five years: 2012/2013, £38,970,236; 2013/2014, £31,766,586; 2014/2015, £28,307,054; 2015/2016, £34,077,475; and 2016/2017, £41,625,973.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, between 2013/14 and 2017/18 the National Coal Mining Museum England has received, on average, £2.45 million a year of funding.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/05/2018 13:35:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley