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418522

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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, by when he plans for one million people to be in receipt of universal credit; and what steps he is taking to achieve this outcome.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	10000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Universal Credit programme has hit, or is on target to achieve, all of the dates we set out in Autumn 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people on benefits is driven by a range of factors.</p><p> </p><p>Because of this, the programme measures progress by the successful achievement of milestones of its delivery plan rather than targets for numbers of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/09/2015 15:08:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1669033

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	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	Dementia: International Cooperation
	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 World Health Organisation’s Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to dementia Health Ministers and the Health Ministers communiqué from Japan’s presidency of the G7, if he will write to the WHO secretariat to support calls for a 10-year extension to the Global Action Plan on dementia.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	1006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the G7 Nagasaki Health Ministers Communique held on 13 and 14 May 2023, the G7 Health Ministers encourage member states to develop and implement strategies and action plans, adopting integrated approaches on dementia in line with the WHO’s Global Action Plan on Dementia. In terms of any extension to the Global Action Plan, this is still under consideration.</p><p>On 24 January 2023, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy covering six conditions including dementia. Our Major Conditions Strategy will consider prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care to support people to stay in good health for longer.</p><p>We published our initial report Major Conditions Strategy: Case for change and our strategic framework on 14 August 2023. It sets out what we have learned so far, and shares what we plan to focus on next to develop the final strategy. Following publication of the Strategic Framework, we will continue to develop the strategy, informed by the Call for Evidence and ongoing engagement. Our intention is to publish the Major Conditions Strategy in early 2024.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/11/2023 12:08:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 1080 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759688

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Basic Skills: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of adults lacking core skills in (a) literacy, (b) numeracy and (c) information technology in (i) Greater London and (ii) the London Borough of Newham.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	10068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting adults in England to develop the basic English, mathematics and digital expertise they need for future employment. This is why we provide full funding for adults to access a range of English and mathematics courses up to and including GCSE and equivalent qualifications. We are introducing a similar right to funding for specified Information and Communication Technology (ICT) courses.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills for Life Survey, 2011, estimated the literacy, numeracy and ICT knowledge of adults aged 16-64 in England, including estimates for regions and local authorities. ICT knowledge was assessed against four component elements, including word processing, emailing, spreadsheets and a multiple choice assessment of other ICT expertise such as internet use. The estimates of the numbers and percentage of the adult population with different levels for these components, for England, London, and Newham are in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/09/2017 09:20:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 10068 table attachment.docx title table_attachment
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1669037

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government had discussions on the threats posed by AI-generated child sexual abuse material at the AI Safety Summit of 1 and 2 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	1007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK believes that the global risks posed by frontier AI are increasingly urgent, including risks to online safety. That is why the summit programme included a roundtable discussion on risks from the integration of frontier AI into society.</p><p>The Government has already passed legislation to protect children online. The world-leading Online Safety Act contains robust duties for companies to address AI-generated CSEA material. All services will be required to proactively tackle that content, preventing users from encountering it, and removing it immediately if it does appear.</p><p>Additionally, existing criminal law, such as the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F2008%2F4%2Fnotes%2Fdivision%2F5%2F1%2F7%2F7&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crosie.steward%40dsit.gov.uk%7C3386f4742137437e720108dbd632f6c6%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638339286599550781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZO%2BJmTaHfeAyAPx3vwvD%2FfQL12bv8kTtU3GPJUiOeVo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Protection of Children’s Act 1978</a> captures and criminalises a wide range of behaviours which extend to AI-generated CSEA material.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 15/11/2023 17:12:04 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1669039

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering repayment matching to households that are unable to afford their energy bills.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	1008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the challenges that are posed by cost of living pressures that includes energy bills and the impact of debt. However, energy prices have fallen significantly with the price cap more than halving from £4,279 at the start of this year to £1,834 since the start of October.</p><p> </p><p>This coincides with the £900 cost of living payment being provided by the Government across 2023/24, which has increased from the £650 provided the previous year. The Government continues to closely monitor energy prices and will keep support schemes under review.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/11/2023 07:45:49 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1241795

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted an extension to their Leave to Remain in the last 12 months with No Recourse to Public Funds conditions.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	100882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>In the year ending June 2020, there were 357,273 extensions of stay in the UK granted, the majority of which</p><p>would have the No Recourse to Public Funds condition imposed. See Exe_01: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F910110%2Fextentions-summary-jun-2020-tables.xlsx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPairavy.Santhakunesan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2f1df61d3946467c67c708d86f55e3fc%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637381762084361413&amp;sdata=HoHgLU90GKXbIflzMP7lL%2FPS3BVmpBSqzDlXJpVw9JE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/910110/extentions-summary-jun-2020-tables.xlsx</a></p><p>Across in-country extension routes (not including Settlement), only the ‘family and human rights’ categories have the No Recourse to Public Funds lifted at the initial decision point. All other grants of limited leave(as shown in published statistics) would have the NRPF condition applied. Should a person’s financial circumstances change and they are on a ‘family and human rights’ category, then they may apply for the NRPF condition to be lift through a Destitution Change of Circumstances application. Data on Destitution Change of Circumstances can be found here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-protection-data-august-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPairavy.Santhakunesan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2f1df61d3946467c67c708d86f55e3fc%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637381762084361413&amp;sdata=wn34GSZDU5zk4kFO4Yj2alDVG57XtUUEXJAkbHwgX2g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-august-2020</a>.</p><p>The table below shows further analysis of the initial decision for grants, in the year ending June 2020, made in those routes where the condition may not have been applied, giving an indication of how many grantsdo not have the No Recourse to Public Funds condition imposed at this initial point of extension.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No Recourse to Public Funds</p></td><td><p>Recourse to Public Funds</p></td><td><p>% No Recourse to Public Funds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 Q3</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>27,768</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 Q4</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>25,314</p></td><td><p>3,222</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 Q1</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>21,411</p></td><td><p>2,608</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 Q2</p></td><td><p>In-country 'family' extensions</p></td><td><p>6,720</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Across in-country extension routes (not including Settlement), only the ‘family and human rights’ categories have the No Recourse to Public Funds lifted at the initial decision point. All other grants of limited leave would have the NRPF condition applied. Should a person’s financial circumstances change, then they may apply for the NRPF condition to be lift through a Destitution Change of Circumstances. Data on Destitution</p><p>Change of Circumstances can be found here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-protection-data-august-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPairavy.Santhakunesan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cbdbcd2b79d2f47ca768608d86f501316%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637381737010591571&amp;sdata=z0imDIoO7WvcwQSN9Tzen5jGAd%2BwIuV898IuQU%2FzkYE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-august-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/10/2020 15:37:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759685

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of teaching in secondary schools on how to stay safe online.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	10106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE) is the statutory guidance which schools and colleges must have regard to, when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. KCSIE sets out that governing bodies and proprietors should ensure that children are taught about safeguarding, including staying safe online, through appropriate teaching. This may include covering relevant issues through Personal, Social, Health and Economic education and through Sex and Relationship education.</p><p>The Children and Social Work Act 2017 places a duty on the Secretary of State for Education to make Relationships Education at primary and Relationship and Sex Education at secondary mandatory through regulations. We expect the teaching of safe online relationships to be part of this. To get this right, the Department will be engaging with schools, teachers; parents and pupils; experts in safeguarding and child wellbeing; subject experts; faith groups; voluntary organisations and other interested parties; and other Government Departments and public sector bodies.</p><p>The new computing curriculum (ages 5-16) was introduced in September 2014 to replace the ICT curriculum, which was widely regarded by industry and academics as outdated. The development of the content was largely led by sector representatives and includes topics on digital literacy and using communications technology responsibly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department funds the Network of Excellence programme which provides high quality teacher continuous professional development to support the new computing curriculum and reformed computer science GCSE, provided by a team of around 400 ‘Master Teachers’ and coordinated by ten university based regional centres.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted takes into account pupils’ understanding of how to stay safe online and the dangers of inappropriate use of mobile technology and social networking sites as part of their inspection process.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/10/2017 08:00:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759686

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of bullying in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	10107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Our most recent assessments of the levels of bullying in schools were published in July this year within The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) Teacher Voice Survey and the Omnibus Survey of Pupils and their Parents / Carers.</p><p> </p><p>Questions in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/625908/NFER_Teacher_Voice_report_November_2016.pdf" target="_blank">NFER Teacher Voice Omnibus</a> and a senior leader booster survey found that for each type of bullying asked about, the majority of respondents said they had rarely or never seen them occurring amongst pupils over the previous 12 months. This ranged from 73% of respondents saying they had rarely or never seen bullying based on sexist or sexual language, to 94% of respondents who said they had rarely or never seen anti-Semitic bullying. The most commonly observed form of bullying was sexist/related to sexual language with 27% reporting seeing it ‘sometimes’, ‘often’ or ‘very often’. For all types of bullying asked about in the survey, the proportion of respondents saying they had seen or received reports of them occurring in the last 12 months was higher in secondary schools than primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626068/PPC_Omnibus_Wave_2_Report.pdf" target="_blank">Omnibus Survey of Pupils and their Parents/Carers</a> found that nearly half of pupils (45%) said they had been bullied at least once in the past year. This survey did not cover primary age pupils.</p><p>Although we plan to ask these questions on an annual basis going forward, this was the first time these surveys have asked about levels of bullying and so we do not have comparable data to assess trends.</p><p>However, a separate survey published in 2015 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bullying-evidence-from-lsype2-wave-2" target="_blank">wave 2 results from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England 2 </a>(LSYPE 2) - compared bullying among two cohorts of 14 year olds (year 10) from 2004 and 2014. It found that 30,000 fewer people in year 10 said they had been bullied in the last twelve months - a drop from 41% in 2004 to 36% in 2014. The analysis of later LSYPE2 waves will also include bullying figures. These findings will be published when the analysis is complete and quality assured.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/10/2017 12:21:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759629

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9026, on taxation: electronic government, what the eligibility criteria will be to establish which businesses will be entitled to free software in order to meet their income tax obligations as part of the Making Tax Digital pilot phase.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	10115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for free software under the Making Tax Digital proposals is set out in Annex C of the document covering the relationship between HMRC and software developers. The document can be found at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-tax-digital-software-suppliers-terms-of-collaboration/terms-of-collaboration-between-hm-revenue-and-customs-and-software-developers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-tax-digital-software-suppliers-terms-of-collaboration/terms-of-collaboration-between-hm-revenue-and-customs-and-software-developers</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 13:05:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759628

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) administration processes and (b) tax take of increasing the making tax digital threshold applicable from 2020 to the level of the personal allowance.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	10125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>In the Written Ministerial Statement on 13 July, the Government made clear that only businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) will be mandated to use Making Tax Digital from April 2019, and then only to meet their VAT obligations. The Government also confirmed that Making Tax Digital will not be widened before it has been shown to work well, and then not before April 2020 at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 12:59:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms