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1126160

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for Prevent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	253602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to the Prevent programme. Prevent’s budget for the last five years was:</p><p>2014/15 - £26.7m<br>2015/16 - £42.8m<br>2016/17 - £37.7m<br>2017/18 - £45.5m<br>2018/19 - £47.3m<br> <br>Prevent is working and is successful. Prevent has made a significant impact in safeguarding people being drawn into terrorism.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/05/2019 12:27:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1126132

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of individuals who have been transferred or seconded to work in preparations for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in other government departments is not recorded. Though we keep a record of Department of Health and Social Care members of staff who are out on loan or secondment, we do not record whether they are going to work on EU Exit. As of 23 April 2019, the Department has a total of 80 employees who are either out on loan or on secondment.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/05/2019 11:16:04 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126067

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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 Illness: Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners were prescribed medication for mental health issues in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	253597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/05/2019 10:48:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1126141

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Maternity Services: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the conduct of maternity investigations into term intrapartum stillbirths will continue to be the responsibility of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch for the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	253439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>We have not set a definitive timescale for the duration of the maternity investigations. As we said in our response to the Joint Committee’s report ‘Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill: A new capability for investigation patient safety incidents’, the Department’s view is that the best approach is to allow the current maternity investigations programme to complete its rollout to all healthcare regions in England, which is now complete and will continue for a limited period so that the learning and benefit can be gained from these investigations.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/05/2019 11:05:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1126142

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Maternity Services: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 2019-2020 budget for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch maternity programme will be finalised.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	253440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2019-20 baseline budget for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) maternity programme has been finalised and HSIB have been informed of the outcome.</p><p>The average cost of a HSIB maternity investigation is £19,000 per investigation. This includes the cost of clinical expertise and training for maternity investigators to lead professional investigations.</p><p>69 investigations were referred to the HSIB between 1 April and 30 September 2018. No investigations were completed in that period as the Maternity Directions requires investigations to be completed in six months and there were no referrals received in the first month of the HSIB implementing the maternity programme.</p><p>As from 1 April 2019, the HSIB maternity investigations programme is fully staffed and operational in every healthcare region in England. At the end of April 2019, 147.6 whole time equivalent staff are employed by the HSIB to conduct maternity investigations. There are no staff positions vacant and the figures exclude support from corporate services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 253441 253442 253443 question first answered 21/05/2019 10:35:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1126143

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Maternity Services: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost to the public purse is of a Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch maternity investigation.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	253441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2019-20 baseline budget for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) maternity programme has been finalised and HSIB have been informed of the outcome.</p><p>The average cost of a HSIB maternity investigation is £19,000 per investigation. This includes the cost of clinical expertise and training for maternity investigators to lead professional investigations.</p><p>69 investigations were referred to the HSIB between 1 April and 30 September 2018. No investigations were completed in that period as the Maternity Directions requires investigations to be completed in six months and there were no referrals received in the first month of the HSIB implementing the maternity programme.</p><p>As from 1 April 2019, the HSIB maternity investigations programme is fully staffed and operational in every healthcare region in England. At the end of April 2019, 147.6 whole time equivalent staff are employed by the HSIB to conduct maternity investigations. There are no staff positions vacant and the figures exclude support from corporate services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 253440 253442 253443 question first answered 21/05/2019 10:35:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1126145

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Maternity Services: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch maternity investigations were opened between April 2018 and September 2018; and how many of those investigations were completed in that period.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	253442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2019-20 baseline budget for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) maternity programme has been finalised and HSIB have been informed of the outcome.</p><p>The average cost of a HSIB maternity investigation is £19,000 per investigation. This includes the cost of clinical expertise and training for maternity investigators to lead professional investigations.</p><p>69 investigations were referred to the HSIB between 1 April and 30 September 2018. No investigations were completed in that period as the Maternity Directions requires investigations to be completed in six months and there were no referrals received in the first month of the HSIB implementing the maternity programme.</p><p>As from 1 April 2019, the HSIB maternity investigations programme is fully staffed and operational in every healthcare region in England. At the end of April 2019, 147.6 whole time equivalent staff are employed by the HSIB to conduct maternity investigations. There are no staff positions vacant and the figures exclude support from corporate services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 253440 253441 253443 question first answered 21/05/2019 10:35:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1126146

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Maternity Services: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff are employed by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch to conduct maternity investigations; and how many such staff positions are vacant.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	253443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2019-20 baseline budget for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) maternity programme has been finalised and HSIB have been informed of the outcome.</p><p>The average cost of a HSIB maternity investigation is £19,000 per investigation. This includes the cost of clinical expertise and training for maternity investigators to lead professional investigations.</p><p>69 investigations were referred to the HSIB between 1 April and 30 September 2018. No investigations were completed in that period as the Maternity Directions requires investigations to be completed in six months and there were no referrals received in the first month of the HSIB implementing the maternity programme.</p><p>As from 1 April 2019, the HSIB maternity investigations programme is fully staffed and operational in every healthcare region in England. At the end of April 2019, 147.6 whole time equivalent staff are employed by the HSIB to conduct maternity investigations. There are no staff positions vacant and the figures exclude support from corporate services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 253440 253441 253442 question first answered 21/05/2019 10:35:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1126195

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the (a) level and (b) quality of (i) staff qualifications and (ii) in-service professional development in the pre-school childcare sector.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	253524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that all children have access to high quality early education and can achieve their full potential. The latest Ofsted data confirms that 95% of early years providers are now rated ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’, up from 68% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework is mandatory for all early years providers in England. It sets out the staffing requirements for early years settings, including ratios and qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017, we published the early years workforce strategy. This set out how the government will support employers to attract, retain and develop high quality early years staff, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since then we have worked with sector stakeholders to develop criteria for new more robust level 2 qualifications and awarded a grant to take forward activity to promote gender diversity in the early years workforce. We have also created a new career pathway document to support careers advice, recruitment and staff development. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting employer trailblazer groups to develop new apprenticeship standards for the early years workforce and investing £20 million in in-service professional development and training for early years practitioners in pre-reception settings in disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2019 16:04:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1126211

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce mandatory SEN and disability law training for all SENCOs, SEN officers, managers and head teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	253525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) working in schools are required to achieve a National Award in SEN Co-ordination (NASENCO) within 3 years of appointment (unless they were appointed before 1 September 2009). There are no plans to change this.</p><p>The NASENCO is a Masters-level award that covers all aspects of leading on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) within schools. It also covers aspects of supporting children and young people with SEND. An accredited Early Years SENCO Award is being delivered by NASENCO. It is not mandatory for SENCOs in early years setting to gain this qualification.</p><p>Guidance to help schools understand how the Equality Act (2010) affects them and how to fulfil their duties under the act is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools</a>. There are no plans to introduce mandatory training in relation to the Equality Act.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2019 15:35:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly