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Daily Report Thursday, 3 March 2016 CONTENTS Daily Report Thursday, 3 March 2016 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 3 March 2016 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:47 P.M., 03 March 2016). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 7 UK Membership of EU: BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND Referendums 14 SKILLS 7 UK Trade and Investment: Vince Apprentices 7 Cable 14 Apprentices: Degrees 8 UK Trade and Investment: Visits Abroad 15 Apprentices: Northern Ireland 8 Working Hours: EU Law 17 Basic Skills: Finance 9 CABINET OFFICE 17 Basic Skills: Standards 9 Cabinet Office: Cleaning Business: Billing 10 Services 17 English Language: Education 10 Cabinet Office: Health 17 Further Education: Pay 10 Liver Diseases: Death 18 Innovate UK: UK Trade and Lobbying 18 Investment 11 Proof of Identity: Internet 18 Manufacturing Industries 11 Public Sector: Oldham 19 Olympic Games 2012: Sunday Trading 11 Public Sector: Personation 19 Royal Mail: Shareholders 12 Senior Civil Servants: Greater London 19 Sector Skills Councils: Apprentices 12 UK Membership of EU: Referendums 20 Sunday Trading 13 TREASURY 20 Sunday Trading: Families 13 Capital Gains Tax 20 Sunday Trading: Public Consultation 13 Children: Day Care 21 Sunday Trading: Scotland 13 Inheritance Tax 21 Transatlantic Trade and Married People: Tax Allowances 22 Investment Partnership 14 Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Redundancy Pay 22 2 Thursday, 3 March 2016 Daily Report Taxation: Domicil 23 DEFENCE 30 Treasury: Complaints 23 Defence Assistance Fund 30 Treasury: UK Membership of EU 23 Eastern Europe: Deployment 30 Welfare Tax Credits 24 Frigates: Shipbuilding 30 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL Iran: Unmanned Air Vehicles 31 GOVERNMENT 24 Ministry of Defence: Communities and Local Employment Tribunals Service 31 Government: Greater London 24 Ministry of Defence: Human Communities and Local Rights Act 1998 31 Government: Senior Civil Ministry of Defence: Senior Civil Servants 24 Servants 32 Council Tax 24 NATO 32 Council Tax Reduction Schemes 25 Navy: Baltic Sea 33 Councillors: Disqualification 25 Nuclear Power: Accidents 33 Families: Disadvantaged 25 Reserve Forces: Ethnic Groups 33 Homelessness 26 Russia 34 Local Government Finance 26 Tanks 34 Local Government: Pensions 26 Tanks: Repairs and Mayors: North East 27 Maintenance 34 Ministerial Working Group on Ukraine: Deployment 34 Preventing and Tackling War Widows 35 Homelessness 27 EDUCATION 35 CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 27 Armed Forces Covenant 35 Arts: North of England 27 Children: Mental Illness 36 BBC: Political Impartiality 28 Department for Education: Broadband 28 Employment Tribunals Service 36 Department for Culture, Media Department for Education: and Sport: Consultants 28 Ministerial Policy Advisers 37 Department for Culture, Media Department for Education: and Sport: UK Membership of Visits Abroad 37 EU 28 Mental Health Services: Digital Broadcasting: Scots Children and Young People 37 Gaelic Language 29 National Baccalaureate Trust 38 Film and Television: Equality 29 Primary Education: Curriculum 38 Horse Racing: Betting 29 Pupils: Work Experience 39 World War I: Anniversaries 30 Thursday, 3 March 2016 Daily Report 3 Schools: Sports 39 Foreign and Commonwealth Social Workers: Graduates 40 Office: UK Membership of EU 53 Social Workers: Training 42 Hong Kong: Missing Persons 53 Teachers: Overseas Workers 43 Ibrahim Sharif 54 Teachers: Stoke on Trent 43 Israel: Palestinians 54 Teachers: Training 44 Masaud Jahromi 55 Teachers: Veterans 44 North Korea: Refugees 55 ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 45 Nuclear Disarmament 56 Coal Fired Power Stations 45 UK Membership of EU: Referendums 56 Department for Energy and Climate Change: Lobbying 45 HEALTH 57 Renewable Heat Incentive Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption 57 Scheme 46 Autism 57 Sellafield: Conditions of Bury Clinical Commissioning Employment 46 Group 58 Tidal Power 47 Colorectal Cancer 58 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL Dental Services: Children 58 AFFAIRS 47 Department of Health: Agriculture 47 Consultants 59 Bovine Tuberculosis 48 Department of Health: Overseas Bovine Tuberculosis: Somerset 49 Aid 59 Dogs: Tagging 49 Health Services: Dementia 59 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH Heart Diseases: Research 60 OFFICE 49 Junior Doctors: Working Hours 60 Ascension Island: Public Kidney Diseases 61 Expenditure 49 Medical Equipment 61 EU Staff 50 Meningitis: Vaccination 61 Foreign and Commonwealth Mental Health Services 62 Office: Consultants 51 Mental Health Services: Training 63 Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Employment Tribunals Mental Health Task Force 63 Service 51 NHS 111: Lancashire 63 Foreign and Commonwealth NHS 111: North West 63 Office: Languages 51 NHS: Finance 64 Foreign and Commonwealth NHS: Resignations 64 Office: Overtime 52 Nurses: Training 64 4 Thursday, 3 March 2016 Daily Report Royal Free London NHS Department for International Foundation Trust 65 Development: Overtime 76 Smoking 65 Department for International Soft Drinks: Sugar 66 Development: Publications 77 Stem Cells: Research 66 Developing Countries: Female Genital Mutilation 78 Surrogate Motherhood 66 Overseas Aid 78 Tobacco: EU Law 67 JUSTICE 79 HOME OFFICE 67 Criminal Injuries Compensation 79 Asylum: Children 67 Ministry of Justice: Senior Civil Domestic Violence 68 Servants 79 Extradition 68 Personal Injury: Compensation 80 Home Office: Cleaning Services 69 Probate: Fees and Charges 80 Home Office: Employment Written Questions: Government Tribunals Service 69 Responses 80 Home Office: Travel 69 Young Offenders: Fractures 80 Immigration 70 LEADER OF THE HOUSE 81 Immigration Controls: Criminal Leader of the House of Records 71 Commons: Health 81 Immigration: Advisory Services 71 NORTHERN IRELAND 82 Marriage Certificates: Mothers 72 Northern Ireland Office: Public Refugees: EU Action 73 Expenditure 82 Refugees: Syria 73 PRIME MINISTER 82 Schools: Weapons 73 Overseas Aid 82 Slavery 73 SCOTLAND 83 Terrorism: Social Networking 74 Scotland Office: Health 83 Visas: Overseas Students 74 TRANSPORT 83 HOUSE OF COMMONS Aviation: Noise 83 COMMISSION 75 Bus Service Operators Grant 84 House of Commons: Bus Services 84 Broadcasting Programmes 75 Bus Services: Disability 85 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 75 Bus Services: North of England 85 Armed Conflict: Children 75 Cycling: Greater London 86 Department for International Development: Human Rights Department for Transport: Act 1998 76 Cleaning Services 86 Thursday, 3 March 2016 Daily Report 5 Department for Transport: Personal Independence Consultants 86 Payment: Assessments 97 Department for Transport: Social Security Benefits: Employment Tribunals Service 86 Personal Injury 98 Department for Transport: Universal Credit 98 Human Rights Act 1998 87 Universal Credit: Prisoners 98 Department for Transport: Universal Credit: Temporary Overtime 87 Employment 99 Department for Transport: MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 100 Publications 88 JUSTICE 100 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Data Protection 88 Medway Secure Training Centre: G4S 100 Driving Tests: Wrexham 88 Prisoners' Release 100 High Speed 2 Railway Line 89 TRANSPORT 101 Large Goods Vehicles: Design 89 Aviation: Noise 101 Motor Vehicles: Lasers 90 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 102 Pupils: Walking 90 BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND Railways: Fares 91 SKILLS 102 Railways: Lasers 91 Business Impact Target 102 Railways: Tickets 92 Green Investment Bank 104 River Thames: Bridges 92 DEFENCE 105 Roads: Shropshire 93 Successor Submarine Roads: South West 94 Assessment Phase 105 Taxis: Vetting 95 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL Trolleybuses: Leeds 95 AFFAIRS 106 Walking 95 Agenda for March EU Environment Council 106 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 96 HOME OFFICE 106 Disability: Young People 96 Justice and Home Affairs post- WORK AND PENSIONS 96 Council statement 106 Employment and Support TRANSPORT 107 Allowance: Disability 96 Building a Prosperous and Employment and Support United Community: 2016 Allowance: Halifax 97 Progress Report 107 Employment and Support Light Dues 2016-17 108 Allowance: Mental Health 97 6 Thursday, 3 March 2016 Daily Report WORK AND PENSIONS 109 Agenda of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) 7th March 2016, Brussels 109 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. Daily Report Thursday, 3 March 2016 ANSWERS 7 ANSWERS BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS Apprentices Ms Angela Eagle: [27238] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the number of apprentices at each of the apprenticeship educational levels 2 to 6 whom the Government plans to be part of its target of three million apprentices by 2020. Nick Boles: [Holding answer 24 February 2016]: Apprenticeships are paid jobs and so their availability and level are dependent upon employers offering opportunities and recruiting apprentices. We will continue to support the growth in apprenticeships at all levels to meet our commitment to 3 million new starts in England by 2020. We are committed to expanding Degree Apprenticeships, which combine a high quality degree with an apprenticeship. Higher and Degree Apprenticeships are widening access to the professions, providing the higher level technical skills employers need to improve productivity and giving young people an equally valid career route to purely
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