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1123858

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Mental Health Services: West Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made on the number of mental health beds that are currently available in West Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	249245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of mental health beds is not held at constituency level. The average number of consultant-led, overnight, mental illness beds available in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust is 518 as at Q3 2018/19.</p><p>Note:</p><p>Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust (RW5) is used as an indication of consultant-led mental illness beds available in West Lancashire</p><p>Source: KH03 NHS England and NHS Improvement</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/05/2019 16:10:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123876

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of discretionary business rate relief for childcare providers offering funded places; and which local authorities offer that relief.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	249258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on whether to grant discretionary business rates reliefs are taken by individual local authorities, and the Government does not hold data on whether local authorities award that relief to childcare providers.</p><p>Since Budget 2016 the Government has introduced business rates measures in England worth £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching the indexation of business rates from the retail price index to the consumer price index, representing a cut in rates to all ratepayers, including childcare providers, worth over £6 billion over the next five years. The Government has also doubled the threshold for 100 per cent small business rate relief meaning that 655,000 businesses including many childcare providers now pay no business rates at all.</p><p>The Government monitors the childcare provider market closely through a range of research projects and plans to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 249259 question first answered 07/05/2019 16:16:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1123877

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 assessment he has made of effect of the cost of business rates on the financial sustainability of the childcare sector in England.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	249259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on whether to grant discretionary business rates reliefs are taken by individual local authorities, and the Government does not hold data on whether local authorities award that relief to childcare providers.</p><p>Since Budget 2016 the Government has introduced business rates measures in England worth £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching the indexation of business rates from the retail price index to the consumer price index, representing a cut in rates to all ratepayers, including childcare providers, worth over £6 billion over the next five years. The Government has also doubled the threshold for 100 per cent small business rate relief meaning that 655,000 businesses including many childcare providers now pay no business rates at all.</p><p>The Government monitors the childcare provider market closely through a range of research projects and plans to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 249258 question first answered 07/05/2019 16:16:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1123906

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much high needs funding was allocated to Warrington in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	249223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools’ block of the dedicated schools grant (DSG).</p><p> </p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million in high needs funding up to 2020, bringing Warrington’s total high needs funding to £20.278 million in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The schools and high needs allocations for Warrington since 2013-14 can be found at the following links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2013-to-2014</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/05/2019 16:05:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1123932

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reviews his Department is undertaking into immigration issues; and what the topic is of each of those reviews.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	249360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is conducting a number of reviews across the immigration system, including, the Wendy Williams lessons learned review, the forward-looking Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System review and Darra Singh’s assessment of the Home Office’s response to the use of DNA evidence in immigration cases.</p><p>It is important that we reflect very closely on our policies and our rules to ensure we have an immigration system that provides control but is also fair and humane. Therefore at any time, as a matter of routine, the Home Office will be reviewing aspects of the performance and operation of the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/05/2019 16:09:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1123944

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Children and Young People's Transformation Programme in the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, if he will publish the timeframe for the implementation of the essential paediatric Workforce implementation plan; and take steps to ensure that the workforce implementation plan will be funded from the public health budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	249197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms, the equivalent of £20.5 billion in real terms by 2023/24, reflecting the fact that the NHS is the Government’s top spending priority.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan prioritises services for children and young people. It provides a clear focus on improving the health of children and young people across mental health, learning disabilities, cancer and elsewhere. It is critical in prioritising services for children and young people in future, and it will continue to influence the wider issues that impact on children’s health. Creation of a Transformation Programme for Children and Young People will provide an improved strategic and coordinated response to meet the diverse needs of children and young people.</p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has asked Baroness Harding to take forward the development of a People Plan, as part of the overall implementation plan for the Long Term Plan, in order to ensure the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership can be met. This will sit alongside the broader Implementation Plan that will be developed at all levels to make the Long Term Plan a reality. An interim People Plan will be published this spring and a full plan will be published within two months of the conclusion of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2019 16:09:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1123956

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) discussions he has had with representatives of the Health and Care Professions Council and (b) representations his Department has received on the potential effects on health professionals of that organisation's decision to increase registration fees.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
uin	249347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has many discussions with stakeholders across the health and care sector. I have written to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) asking it to consider the impact of its proposed fee rise on part-time workers, which was raised by hon. Members at a Westminster Hall Debate held on 14 March 2019. The HCPC responded to this letter on 1 May, explaining the practical difficulties and potential perverse incentives of introducing differential fees for part-time workers.</p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 79 items of correspondence received since 24 September 2018 about the HCPC’s decision to increase registration fees. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. In addition to this, the Department has received nine Written Parliamentary Questions on this matter, and engaged with hon. Members at a Westminster Hall Debate on the proposed HCPC fee rise on 14 March 2019. The HCPC is independent of Government and funded by registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2019 16:06:59 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

1123962

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Health Services and Social Services: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workforce vacancies in the health and social care sectors.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	249334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Posts may be vacant, for a variety of reasons including maternity and career breaks. Trusts make decisions based on local needs about how they fill these posts, including looking at short-term options for cover, including bank and agency staff.</p><p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement collect vacancy rates of National Health Service staff from individual NHS trusts and publish them as part of their ‘Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector’ report found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p><p>As at 31 December there were 100,521 full time equivalent vacancies in NHS trusts, this is an 8.4% vacancy rate. Of these, approximately 80% and 85% of the nursing and medical vacancies are being filled by bank and agency staff.</p><p>Skills for Care estimate that there are approximately 110,000 jobs that are vacant in adult social care, this is an 8% vacancy rate.</p><p>The NHS People Plan sets out the next step in our mission to make the NHS a world class employer and deliver the workforce which the NHS needs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2019 16:08:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1124009

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has any plans to make the Free Fruit and Vegetable Scheme available to all school children in England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	249307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme provides children in Key Stage 1 attending state-funded primary schools with one free portion of fruit or vegetable every school day. There are no current plans to extend the Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/05/2019 16:05:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis