Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he plans to publish a future partnership paper or position paper on (a) services and (b) financial services.
Answered by Robin Walker
Over the summer, the Government published a series of papers on the new deep and special partnership the UK wants to build with the EU. These papers represent the hard work and detailed thinking that has been going on behind the scenes across Whitehall since last year’s referendum.
We are continuing a comprehensive programme of engagement with businesses and third party organisations to further inform our thinking. Ministers from the Department for Exiting the EU alone have undertaken a wide-ranging programme of stakeholder engagement in the past year, including attendance at over 50 round tables and over 250 bilateral meetings.
The Government remains committed to securing the best possible deal for the United Kingdom - a deal that works for all sectors of the UK economy. We have been engaging with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy and all regions of the UK in order to inform our negotiations with the EU. The Government will continue to set out its position as appropriate.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to make further announcements on funding awards for character education under the character grants programme.
Answered by Nick Gibb
We want all schools to offer a broad and balanced education consisting of a rigorous academic curriculum supported with activities to develop attributes such as resilience, self-efficacy, character and leadership.
That is why the Department invested £3.5m in the Character Grant scheme, which provided developmental activities to young people. On Monday 9 October the Department announced that the Character Grant programme has closed and replaced with £22 million to fund the development of essential life skills in children and young people in the twelve Opportunity Areas. By directing funding specifically towards disadvantaged children in some of the most deprived parts of the country, we are able to help children who face the greatest difficulties building these life skills.
The web link to the announcement is on Gov.uk, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plans-launched-to-drive-social-mobility-in-opportunity-areas
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received from the metals industries on the effect on that sector of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Claire Perry
Ministers and officials have engaged extensively on EU exit with metals companies and representative bodies across the UK. Most recently, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy discussed the trade regime post-EU exit at a meeting of the Steel Council on 7th September. We want to achieve the best possible outcome and the strongest possible partnership - one that works for UK businesses. We plan to be ambitious in these negotiations and will secure the best possible access for firms to trade with and operate in the European market.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the future funding of supported housing consultation.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
Developing a workable and sustainable funding model for supported housing is a priority for the Government. We have been listening to the sector through responses to our consultation and have also been talking stock of the joint DCLG/DWP Select committee report. We will set out further details on our plans in the autumn.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the outcome of his Animal Welfare Team's voluntary survey of police forces, local authorities and social landlords on measures to address dog control and to reduce dog attacks in England.
Answered by George Eustice
My officials are completing their analysis of the results of this survey. Once the analysis is complete later this year, we intend to confirm the results to respondents and publish additional guidance and information on the effective measures that are available to the police and local authorities.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the publication of the report by Sir Adrian Smith on post-16 mathematics.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Professor Sir Adrian Smith’s review of post 16 mathematics has been published, alongside a letter from myself, responding to the review. The report and letter responding to the review can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smith-review-of-post-16-maths-report-and-government-response.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's policy paper, entitled Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether EU citizens with indefinite leave to remain in the UK will need to reapply for settled status once the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
EU citizens with indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK will not need to appy for settled status once the UK has left the EU.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether analogous estimates to those used to arrive at the statistics published in the reports by his Department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in March 2017 as UK Trade and Investment Highlights have been made for EU member states.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Data on the value of trade between the UK and EU member states are available from publicly-available sources such as the Office for National Statistics, Eurostat and UN Comtrade.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the methodology is by which the jobs estimates referred to in the reports by his Department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, published in March 2017, as UK Trade and Investment Highlights were collated.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
UK-US Trade & Investment Highlights is a report demonstrating the depth of the current commercial relationship between the UK and the US in each of the 50 states. For each state, an estimate of the value of goods and services exported to the UK was derived by combining (a) manufacturing exports data from the US Census Bureau, (b) agricultural output data from the US Department of Agriculture, (c) services exports data from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis and (d) data on the geographical concentration of services exporters from Moody’s Analytics. Estimates of direct and indirect jobs tied to these exports were then estimated using industry-specific employment survey data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Asked by: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations his Department has received on the national minimum wage and national living wage laws applying to staff who are asleep during a sleep-in shift at work.
Answered by Margot James
The Government has received representations from social care providers and charities, social care workers, and hon. Members writing on behalf of their constituents.