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1140287

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for an appeal for universal credit by a tribunal for people with a disability in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	278907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Waiting times for appeals against decisions made about Universal Credit (UC) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is not held: Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record whether UC appeals have been made by people with a disability.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/07/2019 16:20:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1140517

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for resources to engage parents and carers of children in receipt of therapeutic services within school; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	279406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The department places a high priority on supporting parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p>Engaging parents fully in determining support for children with SEND is a critical part of the SEND reforms. Section 19 of the Children and Families Act places a duty on local authorities and others to listen to and take account of the views of parents in SEND matters.</p><p>The department continues to support families by funding parent carer forums (PCF) in each local authority area, providing £15,000 per year per PCF. The department also funds plus £1.9 million per year until March 2020 to support strategic participation and co-production with local authorities and other partners, by parents and young people through the charity Contact.</p><p>The department is also providing £20 million until March 2020 to improve the quality of local authority SEND Information, Advice and Support Services (IASS), and to provide a national helpline and online support.</p><p>The IASS support builds on the £60m per year Independent Supporters programme (between 2014-18), which provided support to families going through the Education, Health and Care needs assessment and plan process.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/07/2019 11:30:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1140518

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of a Global Plan of Action for Education as called for by UNESCO in its report of July 2019 entitled meeting commitments: are countries on track to achieve SDG 4; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	279358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The recommendations in UNESCO’s report of July 2019: <em>Meeting commitments: are countries on track to achieve SDG 4</em> align well with DFID’s education policy: <em>Get Children Learning </em>and the work the UK is supporting in such areas as learning measurement, education financing, research and policy dialogue. We welcome UNESCO’s report and look forward to hearing more about suggestions for a Global Plan of Action for Education.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/08/2019 16:23:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1140519

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the statement in the press release by Save the Children on 3 July 2019, that 30,000 families on universal credit face paying up to £800 in childcare costs this summer.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	279359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department listens to a range of stakeholders and considers recommendations, such as those from Save the Children’s recent report, that may improve support for our claimants. We have already improved Universal Credit’s (UC) childcare support; for example, our Work Coaches are already providing increased support through the Flexible Support Fund to help eligible claimants who need help with paying upfront childcare costs, as well as allowing greater flexibility in when claimants can report their childcare costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As UC is paid as a single monthly amount directly into people’s bank accounts, it helps families have control over their own budget and making the move into work easier. However, we recognise that childcare costs can affect parents’ decisions to both obtain and maintain employment and we are committed to removing barriers that prevent parents moving into work.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are able to claim up to 85% of their childcare costs on UC, compared to 70% on the legacy system. This can be worth up to £13,000 a year for families with two children. The UC childcare policy aligns with the wider government childcare offer, which includes free childcare hours and tax free childcare and, during 2019/20, a record amount of £6 billion is being spent on childcare support overall. This offer means that reasonable childcare costs should not form a barrier to work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are aware of the difficulty that some claimants might have in paying childcare costs over the summer holidays and our work coaches are able to discuss this with them and explain and promote both the UC childcare offer and the wider government childcare offer. In addition to this, budgeting advances are available for eligible claimants that can be used to cover the cost of paying additional upfront childcare cost or a deposit that might be needed during the school holidays.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/07/2019 11:10:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1140523

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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: Hospital Beds
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 his Department has made of the number of occasions when there have been mental-health beds available in hospital wards in England in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	279409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on mental health bed availability is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 279410 question first answered 25/07/2019 16:07:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1140524

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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: Hospital Beds
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 his Department has made of the number of occasions when a patient needed a mental-health bed but none were available in each CCG area in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	279410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on mental health bed availability is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 279409 question first answered 25/07/2019 16:07:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1140525

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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: Hospital Beds
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 his Department has made of the number of occasions when a patient was transported to a mental-health bed in a different area because none were locally available in each CCG area in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	279411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 16:05:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1140539

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Fly-tipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of fly-tipping incidents that were categorised as tipper lorry load size or larger in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	279424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Enforcement actions reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 11</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>10,357</p></td><td><p>568,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>11,666</p></td><td><p>489,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>10,555</p></td><td><p>425,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>12,502</p></td><td><p>499,563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 15</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>19,083</p></td><td><p>514,914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>14,026</p></td><td><p>494,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 17</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>13,783</p></td><td><p>475,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 18</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>15,118</p></td><td><p>494,127</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p><p> </p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Fixed penalty notice actions reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2016, local authorities in England were given the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping so these will be captured in the data for 2016/17 and 2017/18. Prior to this date, local authorities issued fly-tippers with fixed penalty notices in relation to littering, duty of care or anti-social behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>32,963</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>39,314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>35,433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>36,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>38,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>35,888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>57,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>68,711</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p><p>Clearance costs for tipper lorry load fly-tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below. Note that the information can only be provided for local authorities in England and not for the UK. Details for individual local authorities are within the published datasets. Clearance costs are available from 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>England (excluding Barnsley)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>£39,561</p></td><td><p>£3,007,304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>£22,461</p></td><td><p>£3,321,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>£15,892</p></td><td><p>£4,233,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 15</p></td><td><p>£27,435</p></td><td><p>£4,841,433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>£14,419</p></td><td><p>£3,969,584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 17</p></td><td><p>£14,125</p></td><td><p>£6,083,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 18</p></td><td><p>£16,035</p></td><td><p>£6,472,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p><p>Clearance costs for significant multi-load fly-tipping reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below. Details for individual local authorities are within the published datasets. Clearance costs are available from 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>England (excluding Barnsley)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>£25,708</p></td><td><p>£1,083,106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>£4,189</p></td><td><p>£1,780,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>£28,564</p></td><td><p>£1,982,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 15</p></td><td><p>£8,170</p></td><td><p>£2,390,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>£17,163</p></td><td><p>£1,469,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 17</p></td><td><p>£14,808</p></td><td><p>£3,827,653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 18</p></td><td><p>£13,634</p></td><td><p>£5,745,020</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p><p>The proportion of fly-tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis that are categorised as tipper lorry load or larger (significant/multi-load) is summarised in the table below. The detailed breakdown is available from 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>All England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 15</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 17</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 18</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 279421 279422 279423 question first answered 29/07/2019 16:18:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1140545

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to tackle the use of shape shifting practices by employers to avoid meeting pension obligations to employees; and if he will make a statement .
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	279430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of employers are meeting their pension obligations under automatic enrolment, consistent with the legal framework established under the Pensions Act 2008. Where employers fail to comply with the law however, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has a full range of powers to ensure employees get the pensions they are due.</p><p>TPR is aware of some employers that appear to have tried to avoid meeting their pension obligations by hiding behind a new name. TPR investigators are working to take action against offenders that try to use this tactic, and are carrying out short-notice inspections on employers that are suspected of breaching their automatic enrolment duties.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/08/2019 09:10:06 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1140546

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 21124, what (a) premium and (b) subsidy payments the Northern franchisee is expected to make or receive in each year of that franchise's duration.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	279431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The final subsidy paid to Arriva Rail North in 2016/17 was £281m which includes the net financial impact of allowable Changes that have taken place to the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The final subsidy to be paid in respect of the 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years is still not definitively known, as the financial impact of allowable Changes to the Franchise Agreement is still being finalised.</p><p> </p><p>The final subsidy to be paid this year and in future years will be the contracted amount, again revised due to allowable Changes to the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 29/07/2019 16:44:57 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill