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With the advent of hybrid working, we are now actively looking to share the building with other public bodies on a cost sharing basis to make sure we are making best use of our assets.
We have heard, for example, that sex offenders are not getting on to the programmes that they need to get on to and that offenders with, say, numeracy issues are perhaps not getting the courses that they need.
There has been mention in the past of reducing VAT levels, particularly on reuse and repair, to incentivise those types of activity, so that we make it more cost effective to get things repaired locally.
I understand that certain schools do not have many young people who are going to get five highers and that, as you said yourself, those who are going to get five highers are going to get them anyway.
On employment and support allowance—that hoary chestnut—the benefit rate for the work-related activity group is getting cut down to the jobseekers allowance rate.
For the avoidance of doubt, the powers in the UK Energy Act referred to in question 18 above only apply to offshore wind activity and cannot be used in relation to other renewable energy generation activities, like wave and tidal power.
There is vital work to be done to protect children, and getting on with that work has been what my Government has been doing, just as it has been getting on with a raft of other reforms.