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869443

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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	NHS: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS workers who will benefit from the pay-rise announcement of 21 March 2018 in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) the East Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>All staff on Agenda for Change contracts including those in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands will benefit from the pay rise announcement if the multi-year pay deal is accepted by National Health Service trades union members. The outcome of the consultation is expected at the end of May. There are around 25,000 NHS workers on Agenda for Change contracts working in Nottinghamshire NHS organisations and around 87,000 in the East Midlands.</p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital - monthly workforce statistics - Staff in trusts and clinical commissioning groups December 2017</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 28/03/2018 13:03:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

867418

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: East Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided to support transport projects in (a) the East Midlands and (b) Nottinghamshire in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In the East Midlands, over £3.2 billion of public money has been spent on transport in the last three years, improving connectivity, shortening journey times, reducing congestion, and transporting people, ideas and goods.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are not available at the level of individual counties. However, in Nottinghamshire, recent Government investment includes £371m towards extensions to the Nottingham tram system, £8.5m towards the Hucknall Town Centre Improvement Scheme, and £5m towards maintenance on the A38 and A617 Mansfield Regeneration Route.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2018 11:17:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

872355

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the public consultation on the future of East Midlands rail franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	134269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The consultation into the next East Midlands rail franchise ran from 20 July and 11 October 2017 and received over 2,300 responses. In due course the Secretary of State will publish a Stakeholder Briefing Document alongside the ITT for the competition. This will explain how the Department has considered the comments and suggestions made, and explored how these opportunities could be incorporated into the East Midlands franchise specification.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/03/2018 11:41:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

874778

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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	Voluntary Work: Young People
	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 steps his Department has taken to improve access to participation in (a) the National Citizen Service and (b) full-time social action projects.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>DCMS has made over £1 billion funding available for the National Citizen Service over this parliament to ensure every young person who wants to take part is able to. The NCS Trust strives to ensure young people from all backgrounds are able to participate - in Summer 2016, 17% of NCS participants were eligible for Free School Meals (compared to 8% in the general population).</p><p> </p><p>DCMS is carefully considering the recommendations made by the recently published independent Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/04/2018 16:04:06 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

882454

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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	Voluntary Work
	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 assessment he has made of the level of participation among businesses in enabling their staff to engage in full-time social action projects and the National Citizen Service.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>DCMS is carefully considering the recommendations made by the independent Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People, including the recommendation referencing Business in the Community. The Government will publish it’s response to the Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As the National Citizen Service is aimed at 16-17 year olds, the majority of participants are recruited via their schools or colleges. The NCS Trust aims to develop partnerships with employers so that employees can support NCS. For example, Santander UK provides opportunities for its staff to volunteer on the programme to share their knowledge and skills.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:40:39 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

882559

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the Apprenticeship Levy on businesses in (a) England (b) the East Midlands (c) Mansfield constituency, since the levy was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>During 2016/17 academic year, provisional data shows the following apprenticeship starts for Mansfield, the East Midlands and England:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mansfield</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>47,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>485,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Annual investment in apprenticeships in England will be £2.45bn in 19/20; double what was spent in 2010-11. Treasury ministers engage with the Secretary of State for Education on a regular basis to monitor the Government’s public investment in skills, and the impact it has had on businesses. Since the introduction of the Levy, 86% of employers said apprenticeships developed skills relevant to their organisation and 78% reported improved productivity (Apprenticeships evaluation 2017, November 2017).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2018 14:14:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

882305

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) funding and (b) other support his Department makes available for improving major road junctions.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made £12bn of funding available through the Local Growth Fund in the current Spending Review period which can be used to improve roads, including major road junctions.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities have also had the opportunity to bid for individual large schemes to be funded through the Large Local Major scheme competition.</p><p> </p><p>Additional funding will be made available from the National Road Fund to fund schemes on the Strategic Road Network and Major Road Network.</p><p>The Government is also investing over £15 billion in the Strategic Road Network to improve road and junction capacity.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/04/2018 15:20:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

882670

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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 Mobility
	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 the Government will make an assessment of the effect of the youth full-time social action programme on social mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the benefits that young people derive from participation in social action. The 2016 National Youth Social Action Survey showed that young people who had participated in social action in the past 12 months had stronger personal networks and higher life satisfaction than those who have never done any social action. Independent evaluations of the National Citizen Service also show that the programme prepares participants for life and work by furnishing them with softer skills such as leadership, teamwork and increased resilience.</p><p> </p><p>The Government response to the Full Time Social Action Review’s report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:37:36 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

884924

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of implementing a requirement that UK-based suppliers are formally considered in the procurement of all (a) systems and (b) sub-systems required for the delivery of High Speed 2 Phase 1.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Procurements for HS2 are undertaken in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 that transpose EU Directives on procurement into UK law and reflect the EU procurement principles of transparency, non-discrimination, equal treatment and proportionality. Accordingly, UK based and non-UK based bidders for HS2 contracts will be treated equally.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, HS2’s procurement approach seeks to ensure that UK-based suppliers have the opportunity to bid for and, potentially, win HS2 contracts and sub-contracts. Primary (Tier 1) contractors and their sub-contractors will be required to advertise all sub-contract opportunities using the free access CompeteFor web-sourcing portal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/04/2018 14:23:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

884923

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential opportunities High Speed 2 provides to members of the UK railway supply chain to increase their international export profile.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>We want to ensure that HS2 leaves a legacy of exportable capabilities. Procurement processes have been designed in order to open up opportunities for the wider UK supply chain – the approach seeks to ensure that members of the UK railway supply chain have the opportunity to bid for and, potentially, win HS2 sub-contracts. We are, in turn, working with industry on how to support the supply chain involved in delivering HS2 to generate exports.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/04/2018 14:29:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley