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1028701

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the sustainability of local authority children’s services budgets.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	203970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The department is in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal worth over £200 billion in the five years to 2020.</p><p>At the Autumn Budget 2018, the government made £410 million available to local authorities, in 2019/20, for adult and children social care. The government also announced £84 million in targeted, evidence-based interventions which will transform services to reduce demand, saving money for local authorities but most importantly, improving the quality of services for our most vulnerable children.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming 2019 Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/01/2019 17:28:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1029311

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether trade unions and the Trade Union Congress have been consulted on the managed migration of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	204628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Trade Union Congress and some individual trade unions responded to the Social Security Advisory Committee report on the draft Universal Credit Managed Migration Regulations 2018 and we actively consult with trade unions and the Trade Union Congress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department is working with a diverse group of around 80 stakeholder organisations, including Trade Union representation, to ensure the widest possible range of insights are played into the design of Universal Credit Managed Migration. This group will evolve over time as we work with different stakeholders at different stages in the process.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/02/2019 17:38:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 94118 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1029312

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of penalties charged in cases of over payment of Carers Allowance were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	204629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>DWP can impose a £50 Civil Penalty for claimant error where enquiries show that a claimant has failed to provide accurate information as part of their benefit claim or in connection with an award of benefit, they have not taken reasonable steps to correct the error and their action has resulted in an overpayment of over £65.</p><p> </p><p>An Administrative Penalty may be offered to claimants as an alternative to a prosecution where an overpayment of benefit has occurred due to an act or omission by that person and there are grounds for instituting proceedings for an offence against the person relating to the overpayment.</p><p> </p><p>The minimum amount of the Administrative Penalty is £350 or 50% of the recoverable overpayment, whichever is greater, up to a maximum of £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>A debtor would not be expected to repay any recoverable benefit overpayment or DWP financial penalty all at once, as repayments can be made over time.</p><p>It is not possible to provide specific Administrative Penalty rates as applied to Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases as this information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/01/2019 17:22:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 94122 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1029314

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rural Areas: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the letter of 18 November from the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the hon. Member for High Peak on small abattoirs, if he will provide (a) a list the 79 LEADER groups in England and (b) the closing date of applications for each LEADER group in each area.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	204630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Full details of the 79 LEADER groups are available through the Rural Development Programme for England LEADER homepage on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>At a national level, the LEADER programme is on track to commit the majority of its funds by March 2019 with more than half of these groups now closed to new applications.</p><p> </p><p>Individual LEADER groups close their programmes when they have sufficient demand to spend their full allocation. As a result, the decision to close is made by the LEADER groups and is shown on their individual websites.</p><p> </p><p>A list of LEADER programmes currently open is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Beds and Hunts Claylands</p></td><td><p>Chilterns</p></td><td><p>Clay Vales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coast, Wolds, Wetlands and Waterways</p></td><td><p>Durham and Coast Lowlands</p></td><td><p>East Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern Plateau</p></td><td><p>Fieldfare</p></td><td><p>Greensand Ridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart of Wessex</p></td><td><p>Loddon and Test</p></td><td><p>Mersey Rural</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td><td><p>North Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>North Pennine Dales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire Hinckley and Bosworth</p></td><td><p>North Wessex Downs</p></td><td><p>North York Moors, Coast and Hills</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>Northumberland Coast and Lowlands</p></td><td><p>Northumberland Uplands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plain Action</p></td><td><p>Rural Surrey</p></td><td><p>South East Cornwall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>South Pennines</p></td><td><p>Vale Action</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealden and Rother Rural Partnership</p></td><td><p>West Cheshire and Warrington</p></td><td><p>West Kent</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/01/2019 12:27:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1029331

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Carbon Monoxide: Poisoning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect social housing tenants from carbon monoxide poisoning; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	204501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Social Housing Green Paper asked if new safety measures in the private rented sector, such as requirements to install carbon monoxide alarms, should be extended to social housing. Alongside this, the Government is carrying out a review to establish whether requirements to install carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in private rented properties should be extended to any fuel burning appliance and social housing. The findings of this review are being considered alongside responses to the Social Housing Green Paper. We plan to set out the Government response to the Green Paper in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/01/2019 15:53:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1029332

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Independent Case Examiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Independent Case Examiner has closed (a) after investigation and (b) without investigation; and for what reason those cases were closed in each month since September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	204482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The table below provides information on the cases closed by the Independent Case Examiner’s (ICE) Office and the reason they were closed, for each month since September 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed following issue of ICE </strong><strong>Investigation Report </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed following resolution or settlement agreed with the complainant (without the need for an ICE Investigation Report)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rejected (complaint failed to meet ICE acceptance criteria)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed for other reasons (includes withdrawn complaints and those closed following a High Court decision to grant permission for a Judicial Review of the Department’s handling of the change to women’s State Pension age)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February 2018 </strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1102</p></td><td><p>2521*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figure is related to the High Court decisions</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/01/2019 17:23:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1029355

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Derbyshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children on Education, Health and Care Plans in Derbyshire do not have extra funding allocated to their schools for their plan.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	204475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the department. Local authorities must secure the provision specified in a child or young person’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. Where this requires the local authority to provide additional ‘top-up’ funding, an agreement should be in place between the local authority and the institution that confirms the amount of top-up funding to be paid. This agreement does not form part of the EHC plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/01/2019 14:44:52 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1029356

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a tribunal (a) has been required to meet to consider amendments, (b) found in favour of the application for amendment and (c) decided there would be no change to an Education, Health and Care Plan in each local authority area in each year since the plans were introduced.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	204476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Due to the volume of data required to answer this question, the information is attached as an annex to this answer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/01/2019 15:12:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 204476 Annex to SEND PQ December 2018.xls title XLS Statistics Annex A
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1029357

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children (a) are there and (b) have an Education, Health and Care Plan in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	204477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of school children and the number with an Education, Health and Care Plan are published at local authority level in the statistics publication Special Educational Needs in England: January 2018 in table 12. The publication can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/01/2019 14:46:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1029361

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychological assessments have been carried out in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	204513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The department does not collect data on the number of educational psychologist assessments carried out each year.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/01/2019 14:47:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck