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1086486

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date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to require local authorities to ensure that school staff who teach young people with vision impairment have appropriate training from a specialist.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	230742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>To teach a class of pupils with vision impairment, a teacher must hold a mandatory qualification, in addition to qualified teacher status. The Department is currently reviewing the educational outcomes of the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with vision impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires local authorities to work with parents, young people, and schools and colleges to keep the provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) under review and to consider carefully how best to meet the needs of children and young people in their area, including those with vision impairment. To support local authorities, the Department has announced an additional £250 million high needs funding, over this year and the next. This will bring the total allocated for high needs next year to £6.3 billion.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, £3.4 million is being provided for 2018 to 2020 to equip the school workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including vision impairment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 17:59:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1086490

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 227401 on HIV, what the timetable is for the rollout of additional places on the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Impact trial in London .
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	230858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Commissioners in London have confirmed that they are committed to supporting the successful expansion of the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial and have agreed to make additional trial places available. The number of additional trial places in London and the timescale for rollout will be confirmed shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/03/2019 16:50:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1086491

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in receipt of the lower child disability addition have transitioned from legacy benefits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	230744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 12:30:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1086494

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are in receipt of the lower child disability addition on universal credit for (a) one child (b) two children and (c) three or more children.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	230745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The estimated number of Universal Credit households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate in November 2018, Great Britain is given below. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated number of </strong><strong>Households on </strong><strong>Universal Credit </strong><strong>with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate, by number of children,</strong><strong> in November 2018, Great Britain</strong><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One child</p></td><td><p>15,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two children</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three or more children</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,480</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Universal Credit Household dataset.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 so may not sum.</li><li>Households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate may also have entitlement at the higher rate for one or more children.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 16:19:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1086496

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will meet representatives of the campaign group WorthLess? to discuss school funding.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	230746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets regularly with teachers, head teachers and representative groups to discuss education issues, including school funding. On the specific group mentioned, I have met with them, as has my noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System. Following those meetings, representatives of the group have also met with senior Department officials.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 17:53:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1086497

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Headteachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times he has met representatives of school head teachers since he took office.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	230747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets representatives of school head teachers regularly, including the National Association of Head Teachers, Primary Head Teacher Reference Groups, and Secondary Head Teacher Reference Groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 16:38:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1086500

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts were affected by the temporary failure of the Crown Court Digital Case System during the week commencing 4 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	230667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS initial investigations suggest that there were eight adjournments as a result of the slowdown of DCS: Two cases at Manchester (Crown Square), two cases at Sheffield Crown Court, three cases at Leeds Crown Court and one case at Norwich Crown Court. Six cases were relisted for hearing on 8 March 2019. The remaining two cases will be heard on 14 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/03/2019 17:54:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1086504

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with head teachers on the funding situation in all state schools.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	230859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets regularly with head teachers of schools to discuss issues including funding.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 13:47:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1086511

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 196793 on Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure, for what reason the annual real terms increase/(decrease) is -2% and the cumulative real terms decrease is 3% in 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	230861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The answer on the 5<sup>th</sup> December 2018 contained an error in the table provided.</p><p>Please see below, corrected table.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the annual change in the Ministry of Justice’s available total resource funding from HM Treasury, including depreciation, in real terms to 2019/20. Budgets for the years 2020/21 and 2021/22 will be set in the next Spending Review. The figures below represent HMT funding received for 2010/11 – 2018/19, and the settlement as agreed at Autumn Statement 2016 for 2019/20 (which is subject to change).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/ 19</p></td><td><p>2019/ 20<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Resource DEL<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Resource DEL (restated in 2018/19 prices)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Annual real terms increase/(decrease)</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>-9%</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>-6%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cumulative real terms decrease</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td><td><p>-7%</p></td><td><p>-15%</p></td><td><p>-19%</p></td><td><p>-24%</p></td><td><p>-24%</p></td><td><p>-23%</p></td><td><p>-21%</p></td><td><p>-37%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><sup>1</sup> Includes both fiscal and non-fiscal funding from HM Treasury. Excludes capital spend. <sup>2 </sup>Based on the SR15 Settlement, with revisions as agreed at AS16. The Ministry continues to engage with HM Treasury on the department’s funding requirements ahead of the Spending Review in 2019.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2019 17:24:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1086512

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on agency and locum staff in the NHS (a) in total, (b) for each job type and (c) in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	230755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is only available from 2015/16 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>These figures show that, for all staff groups, the amount spent on agency has fallen since the introduction of new measures to reduce agency spend across the National Health Service in 2015/16. Since the introduction of these measures, agency spend has fallen from a peak of £3.6 billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion in 2017/18 – a £1.2 billion reduction.</p><p> </p><p>Even so, we recognise that there is still more to be done in this area, and we are committed to reducing trusts’ reliance on expensive agency workers, whilst ensuring they can meet their temporary staffing needs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19 Year To Date Month 10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing, midwifery and health visiting</p></td><td><p>£1,150 million</p></td><td><p>£ 966 million</p></td><td><p>£809 million</p></td><td><p>£698 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare assistant and other support</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£199 million</p></td><td><p>£134 million</p></td><td><p>£103 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical and dental</p></td><td><p>£1,346 million</p></td><td><p>£1,049 million</p></td><td><p>£950 million</p></td><td><p>£784 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scientific, therapeutic and technical</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£248 million</p></td><td><p>£206 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare science</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£40 million</p></td><td><p>£29 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin and estates</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£342 million</p></td><td><p>£223 million</p></td><td><p>£178 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>£1,172 million</p></td><td><p>£379 million</p></td><td><p>£3 million</p></td><td><p>£2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total agency</p></td><td><p>£3,668 million</p></td><td><p>£2,934 million</p></td><td><p>£2,407 million</p></td><td><p>£1,999 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/03/2019 17:04:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth