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1121725

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish (a) the summary of responses to and (b) his Department's response to its consultation on appropriate clinical negligence cover.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	245793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department consulted on the future of clinical negligence indemnity cover for registered healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom.</p><p>The consultation ran between 6 December 2018 and 28 February 2019. We are analysing responses to the consultation, and will publish a summary of responses and a Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 12:22:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121726

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Evidence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on failures relating to the disclosure of evidence in criminal cases and police culture.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	245945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I engage frequently with the Home Office, and issues relating to disclosure remain of paramount importance to us. Extensive action is underway to bring about the necessary cultural change within the CPS and policing, and we are clear that this is a collaborative effort. In June the Minister for Policing and I will be co-chairing a Tech Summit, in order to address the increasing amount of digital material involved in the disclosure process.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/04/2019 15:39:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1121727

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Recovery of Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that acquitted defendants in criminal cases who were deemed ineligible for legal aid are able to recover costs to cover their legal fees.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	245946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>If a defendant is acquitted at the magistrates’ court and did not apply for criminal legal aid or applied and was financially ineligible, he/she can recover their legal costs at legal aid rates; at the Crown Court, an acquitted defendant can only recover their legal costs at legal aid rates if he/she first applied for and was refused criminal legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February 2019, the Government announced a review of the legal aid means tests. The review will consider the thresholds for legal aid entitlement and their interaction with the wider criteria, as well as assessing the effectiveness with which the means testing arrangements appropriately protect access to justice, particularly for the vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Upon conclusion of the review, expected by Summer 2020, we will publish a full public consultation paper setting out our future policy proposals in this area.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2019 15:58:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1121744

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential links between retail crime incidents and illegal drug use.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	245982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>We know that there is a strong link between drug misuse and offending, and offenders who use heroin and crack cocaine are estimated to commit 45% of all acquisitive crime.</p><p>The Government recognises that there are strong links between drug misuse and offending. Our Drug Strategy is clear that supporting people to address their dependence on drugs through treatment and recovery support is critical to tackling the risk of reoffending. This includes the use of health-based, rehabilitative interventions within the criminal justice system to help prevent further substance misuse and offending.</p><p>In addition, I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group which brings together key partners to drive forward progress on tackling retail crime.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/05/2019 15:59:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1121745

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the HS2 Rural Support Zone scheme eligible for property owners through trusts that do not occupy those properties.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	245953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Extending the RSZ schemes to non-owner occupiers in this way would be inconsistent with the eligibility requirements for statutory blight upon which the eligibility requirements of HS2 non-statutory property compensation schemes are broadly based.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 property compensation schemes will be, however, kept under review for the entirety of the programme to ensure that people who are directly affected by HS2 are properly supported.</p><p> </p><p>Under established arrangements people with special circumstances who are not eligible to apply under HS2 non-statutory property compensation schemes can request that their circumstances are considered atypically.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/04/2019 10:07:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1121748

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
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 11 April 2019 to Question 242148 on Schools: Apprentices, how many of the 6,300 apprentices were funded by (a) the apprenticeship levy and (b) directly by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	245808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency does not require levy-paying employers to register an industry sector when registering an apprenticeship service account and is therefore unable to supply the information on apprenticeships spending in schools.</p><p>The 6,300 figure represents our best estimate of the number of apprenticeship starts in schools during the first year of the public sector apprenticeship target. It is not possible to provide robust breakdowns of the numbers of starts on individual apprenticeship standards. We know from talking to schools that they use a range of standards and frameworks such as Teacher, Teaching Assistant, Supporting teaching and learning in schools, Supporting teaching and learning in physical education and school sport, Children’s care learning and development, Business Administration, Business Administrator and Senior Leader, among others.</p><p>The department regularly publishes figures for apprenticeship starts broken down by sector subject area and by framework or standard. The latest figures, published in March 2019, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788809/201819_March_MonthlyAppStartsFwk_FINAL.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788809/201819_March_MonthlyAppStartsFwk_FINAL.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 245809 question first answered 30/04/2019 15:49:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1121749

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Apprentices
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 11 April 2019 to Question 242148, Schools: Apprentices, how many of the 6,300 apprentices are teaching apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	245809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency does not require levy-paying employers to register an industry sector when registering an apprenticeship service account and is therefore unable to supply the information on apprenticeships spending in schools.</p><p>The 6,300 figure represents our best estimate of the number of apprenticeship starts in schools during the first year of the public sector apprenticeship target. It is not possible to provide robust breakdowns of the numbers of starts on individual apprenticeship standards. We know from talking to schools that they use a range of standards and frameworks such as Teacher, Teaching Assistant, Supporting teaching and learning in schools, Supporting teaching and learning in physical education and school sport, Children’s care learning and development, Business Administration, Business Administrator and Senior Leader, among others.</p><p>The department regularly publishes figures for apprenticeship starts broken down by sector subject area and by framework or standard. The latest figures, published in March 2019, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788809/201819_March_MonthlyAppStartsFwk_FINAL.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/788809/201819_March_MonthlyAppStartsFwk_FINAL.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 245808 question first answered 30/04/2019 15:49:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1121750

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the proportion is of universal credit claimants who receive an advance payment; what the average value of the advance payment is; and what percentage of claimants have received 100 per cent of the value of their first universal credit payment in the most recent month for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	245810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Around 60 per cent of new claims take up an advance. Subject to some fluctuation, this rate of advance take-up has been broadly consistent over the last 12 months. This shows that claimants are being made aware of advances and are using it where they need this help.</p><p>The average advance amount for new claims is around £400.</p><p>Our latest published data shows that consistently around 85% of new claimants are being paid in full and on time. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>. In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings. In order to support claimants to claim, we have taken steps to improve verification processes. For example, we have listened to feedback and built processes into the system to make it easier and quicker for people to verify their housing costs, for example through the landlord portal.</p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/04/2019 10:52:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1121759

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Electricity Generation
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 proportion of electricity used in England and Wales was generated in the UK in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	245665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2017, of 308.1 TWh electricity used in England and Wales, 293.3 TWh (95.2 per cent) was generated in the UK. This includes electricity used by generators, for pumped storage, losses, and final consumption.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2018 split by regions of the UK are not yet available. These will be published in December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

1121760

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Electricity Interconnectors: Europe
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 proportion of electricity used in England and Wales was imported from Europe via interconnector in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	245666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2017, of 308.1 TWh electricity used in England and Wales, 14.8 TWh (4.8 per cent) was imported from Europe into the UK via interconnectors. This includes electricity used by generators, for pumped storage, losses, and final consumption.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2018 split by regions of the UK are not yet available. These will be published in December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt