Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department’s officials are solely responsible for (a) reducing physical inactivity and (b) reducing obesity among children and adults.
Nicola Blackwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health:
It is not possible to provide figures on what proportion of the Department’s funding is allocated to reduce physical inactivity because budgets from across the Department and Public Health England (PHE) contribute to this area.
The Department does not have a separate team in which members are working solely full-time on reducing physical inactivity or reducing obesity among children and adults. Officials from across the Department work flexibly and may have a role in these areas. In addition, officials from PHE also contribute to this work.
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Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department’s funding was allocated to reduce physical inactivity in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17; and what he plans to spend on that in 2017-18.
Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department’s officials are solely responsible for (a) reducing physical inactivity and (b) reducing obesity among children and adults.
Nicola Blackwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health:
It is not possible to provide figures on what proportion of the Department’s funding is allocated to reduce physical inactivity because budgets from across the Department and Public Health England (PHE) contribute to this area.
The Department does not have a separate team in which members are working solely full-time on reducing physical inactivity or reducing obesity among children and adults. Officials from across the Department work flexibly and may have a role in these areas. In addition, officials from PHE also contribute to this work.
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Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62976, on higher education standards, (a) how the current immigration rules for study migration differentiate by institution and (b) what criteria are used to define top universities.
Robert Goodwill The Minister for Immigration:
The immigration rules for study migration currently differentiate between further education and higher education institutions in respect of the maximum permissible periods of study, whether students are permitted to work and, if so, for how many hours per week during term time and how institutions are allowed to assess the student’s competency in English.
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Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations she has received from whom on placing limitations on UK universities’ ability to bring international students to the UK.
Robert Goodwill The Minister for Immigration:
The Government engages with a wide variety of organisations, bodies and individuals to discuss all aspects of policy on international students
There is no limit to the number of genuine international students. The Government has no plans to change this.