\u200bThe US has our full support in pursuing talks with North Korea. The summit in Singapore has unlocked a process that we hope will lead to swift, concrete actions by North Korea to denuclearise as required by multiple UN Security Council Resolutions. Engaging China on US-North Korea negotiations and on sanctions implementation will be key to a successful outcome.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1405", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mark Field"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cities of London and Westminster"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mark Field"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-21T14:45:42.147Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "North Korea: Peace Negotiations"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8500, on North Korea: Peace Negotiations, if he will make representations to the President of the United States to include the Peoples Republic of China in future meetings between the United States and the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "154142"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924665", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924665/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We welcome the Social Mobility Commission\u2019s report, which underlines the importance of removing barriers to opportunity across the whole country. Social mobility is a top priority for this government and my department - we are therefore already taking action to overcome the challenges identified in the Commission\u2019s report.<\/p>
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The report highlights the postcode lottery of social mobility and in particular the existence of cold spots of opportunity in some costal and rural areas. To tackle this, our Opportunity Areas programme is investing £72 million to make progress on educational outcomes in 12 of the most challenging places. The choice of these 12 areas was informed, in part, by the Commission\u2019s own Social Mobility Index.<\/p>
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The report also focuses on the importance of ensuring excellent early education opportunities are available everywhere. To achieve this, we are investing an additional £1 billion per year by 2019-20 to deliver 30 hours of free childcare along with 15 hours of free early education for disadvantaged two year-olds. We have also recently announced £8.5 million to support local authorities to fund projects to improve early language and literacy.<\/p>
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In its report, the Commission also emphasises the importance of employer engagement with young people to boost social mobility by improving access to high-skill, high-pay jobs. To achieve this, the department\u2019s careers strategy, published in December 2017, will ensure that schools offer every young person seven encounters with employers between years seven to 13.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stratford-on-Avon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-25T16:56:08.077Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Mobility"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to implement the recommendations in the report, Social mobility in Great Britain: fifth state of the nation report published by the Social Mobility Commission in November 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "154143"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924666", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924666/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
As announced by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister on 19 February, the government is conducting a major review across post-18 education and funding. The review will ensure that the system is giving every individual a genuine choice between high quality technical, vocational and academic routes, students and taxpayers are getting value for money, and employers can access the skilled workforce they need.<\/p>
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Ensuring value for money for students, graduates and taxpayers is at the heart of the review. It will consider how students and graduates contribute to the cost of their studies, how we can ensure funding arrangements across post-18 education are transparent and do not act as barriers to choice or provision, and how best to promote institutional efficiency.<\/p>
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The review is being supported by an independent panel, led by Philip Augar, and comprising experts from across post-18 education and the business world. The panel will publish their report at an interim stage, before the government concludes the overall review in early 2019.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3980", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Surrey"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Sam Gyimah"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-25T15:08:17.103Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Students: Fees and Charges"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to make an assessment of the value for money of degree courses at universities that charge the maximum fees.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "154144"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924711", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924711/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Department for Education does not hold data on the level of fees that universities charge for their courses. To ensure that, students from all backgrounds are able to enter, succeed in and progress from higher education and, providers of higher education are able to deliver value for money for students, the department works closely with institutions and the newly created Office for Students (OfS).<\/p>
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The OfS is a new public body that combines the regulatory functions of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) with many of the functions of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Prior to the responsibilities transferring to the OfS in April 2018, OFFA published a report on Access Agreements for 2018-19. The report indicates that 26 universities or colleges (13 per cent of those with access agreements) plan to charge £9,250 for all of their courses in the academic year 2018-19.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3980", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Surrey"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Sam Gyimah"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-25T15:33:40.04Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Students: Fees and Charges"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of universities which charge the maximum fees for all of their courses.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "154145"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924142", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/924142/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The College of Policing issued operational guidance on hate crime in 2014 to support police forces in England and Wales. The National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council\u2019s national lead for hate crime supports police forces to implement the guidance.<\/p>
It is for the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable for Lancashire Constabulary to assess the effectiveness of the police response to hate crime in Lancashire.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-25T10:45:14.14Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Hate Crime: Lancashire"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May to Question 145549 on racially aggravated offences: Lancashire, what guidance has been (a) updated and (b) implemented into police policy since publication of the Hate Crime Action Plan; and what effect that plan has had on the number of incidents of hate crime reported in Lancashire.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "153757"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/923430", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/923430/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Through the settlement, local government has been given access to £45.1 billion in 2018 - 19 and £45.6 billion in 2019 - 20. This is an overall increase since 2017 - 18 of £1.3 billion, in recognition of increasing pressures, including demand for adult's and children's services.<\/p>
It is then for every local authority to make arrangements for proper management of their financial affairs, including developing plans to meet local spending commitments. As such, the Secretary of State has not made any assessment of the validity of figures disclosed in any reports.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4483", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rishi Sunak"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Richmond (Yorks)"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rishi Sunak"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-06-21T16:05:58.663Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Local Government Finance: Lancashire"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that Lancashire County Council will have a deficit of £118 million by 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "153200"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/923516", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/923516/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Data on the number of crimes recorded by police forces in England and Wales are published quarterly. The latest figures for Preston Community Safety Partnership (CSP) show increases in recorded violence against the person and recorded sexual offences in the years ending March 2017 and March 2018 as set out below.<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | Year ending<\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |
<\/p><\/td> | Mar-16<\/p><\/td> | Mar-17<\/p><\/td> | Mar-18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | |||
<\/p><\/td> | % change<\/p><\/td> | Volume<\/p><\/td> | % change<\/p><\/td> | Volume<\/p><\/td> | % change<\/p><\/td> | Volume<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Violence against the person<\/p><\/td> | n/a<\/p><\/td> | 3,074<\/p><\/td> | 19%<\/p><\/td> | 3,657<\/p><\/td> | 38%<\/p><\/td> | 5,045<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sexual offences<\/p><\/td> | n/a<\/p><\/td> | 292<\/p><\/td> | 3%<\/p><\/td> | 301<\/p><\/td> | 65%<\/p><\/td> | 497<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> |