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417608

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure there is adequate funding made available to childcare providers to provide sufficient high quality childcare places.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	9451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering flexible, affordable and quality childcare for parents. We are carefully consulting parents, employers, providers and local authorities, and reviewing of the cost of providing childcare with a commitment to increase the average funding rate paid to providers.</p><p> </p><p>The market is growing (with around 230,000 more places than in 2009) and has already demonstrated that it is able to respond through the roll-out of the entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds introduced in the last Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that there is natural growth in the childcare system, we can and should encourage new providers to enter the childcare market or existing providers to expand. We have supported this expansion with changes made to reduce bureaucracy, helping schools to provide places, and by enabling the setting up of childminder agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Our new entitlement of 30 hours of free childcare provides an opportunity for further growth for existing childcare providers to expand and for new providers to enter the market, helping to build a stronger economy and give parents increased choice. Full roll-out is scheduled for September 2017, and our approach will be informed by the experiences of pilot areas in 2016. We want to learn from the experience of early implementers to ensure that the market works effectively for both parents and providers.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of undertaking a review of the cost of provision and have committed to increasing the average funding rate providers receive, which will help the sector to grow. It is important that the hourly rate for the childcare entitlement strikes the right balance between being fair for providers and delivering value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 9444 9453 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:01:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

417607

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to ensure that there will be sufficient high quality early education places to meet the proposed target of 30 hours of free childcare a week for working parents of three and four year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	9444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering flexible, affordable and quality childcare for parents. We are carefully consulting parents, employers, providers and local authorities, and reviewing of the cost of providing childcare with a commitment to increase the average funding rate paid to providers.</p><p> </p><p>The market is growing (with around 230,000 more places than in 2009) and has already demonstrated that it is able to respond through the roll-out of the entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds introduced in the last Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that there is natural growth in the childcare system, we can and should encourage new providers to enter the childcare market or existing providers to expand. We have supported this expansion with changes made to reduce bureaucracy, helping schools to provide places, and by enabling the setting up of childminder agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Our new entitlement of 30 hours of free childcare provides an opportunity for further growth for existing childcare providers to expand and for new providers to enter the market, helping to build a stronger economy and give parents increased choice. Full roll-out is scheduled for September 2017, and our approach will be informed by the experiences of pilot areas in 2016. We want to learn from the experience of early implementers to ensure that the market works effectively for both parents and providers.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of undertaking a review of the cost of provision and have committed to increasing the average funding rate providers receive, which will help the sector to grow. It is important that the hourly rate for the childcare entitlement strikes the right balance between being fair for providers and delivering value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 9451 9453 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:01:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

417610

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to increase the supply of high quality childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	9453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering flexible, affordable and quality childcare for parents. We are carefully consulting parents, employers, providers and local authorities, and reviewing of the cost of providing childcare with a commitment to increase the average funding rate paid to providers.</p><p> </p><p>The market is growing (with around 230,000 more places than in 2009) and has already demonstrated that it is able to respond through the roll-out of the entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds introduced in the last Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that there is natural growth in the childcare system, we can and should encourage new providers to enter the childcare market or existing providers to expand. We have supported this expansion with changes made to reduce bureaucracy, helping schools to provide places, and by enabling the setting up of childminder agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Our new entitlement of 30 hours of free childcare provides an opportunity for further growth for existing childcare providers to expand and for new providers to enter the market, helping to build a stronger economy and give parents increased choice. Full roll-out is scheduled for September 2017, and our approach will be informed by the experiences of pilot areas in 2016. We want to learn from the experience of early implementers to ensure that the market works effectively for both parents and providers.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of undertaking a review of the cost of provision and have committed to increasing the average funding rate providers receive, which will help the sector to grow. It is important that the hourly rate for the childcare entitlement strikes the right balance between being fair for providers and delivering value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 9444 9451 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:01:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1361580

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	COP26
	answering dept id	210
	answering dept short name	COP26
	answering dept sort name	COP26
	hansard heading	Climate Change: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking with international partners to help ensure that climate action contributes to the post-covid-19 pandemic economic recovery.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Jacob Young
	uin	903720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s 10-Point Plan and Net Zero Strategy sets out our blueprint for a Green Industrial Revolution. The plan invests in green technologies and industries; leverages billions of pounds of private sector investments to create and support up to 250,000 highly-skilled green jobs, and level up across the UK. It’s a clear plan to build back greener from the covid pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 903718 question first answered 20/10/2021 16:35:36 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young

720558

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Enzymes: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to protect NHS funding for enzyme replacement therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	70607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS England funds enzyme replacement therapies for eight lysosomal storage disorders. All of these drugs are high cost in nature and, for some, there is still an emerging clinical evidence base.</p><p>It is good practice to ensure that National Health Service funds are spent in the most cost-effective way and for NHS England to review the continuing use of these therapies, and to develop clinical commissioning policies as appropriate.</p><p>The development of any clinical commissioning policies would be undertaken through NHS England’s usual processes and would be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 70764 question first answered 20/04/2017 15:12:11 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

720539

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Enzymes: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to protect NHS funding for enzyme replacement therapy during the course of the 2015 Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	70764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS England funds enzyme replacement therapies for eight lysosomal storage disorders. All of these drugs are high cost in nature and, for some, there is still an emerging clinical evidence base.</p><p>It is good practice to ensure that National Health Service funds are spent in the most cost-effective way and for NHS England to review the continuing use of these therapies, and to develop clinical commissioning policies as appropriate.</p><p>The development of any clinical commissioning policies would be undertaken through NHS England’s usual processes and would be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 70607 question first answered 20/04/2017 15:12:11 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

709643

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Social Media: National Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require operators of social media platforms to report communications sent via their service which could reasonably be interpreted as containing content which pertains to an imminent threat to the national security of the UK to the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	67217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>We believe that companies such as social media platforms should proactively prevent their services from being abused by terrorists and other individuals who pose a threat to our national security by detecting and removing terrorist material. Where such material indicates there is an imminent threat to UK national security, they should report that content to our law enforcement or security and intelligence agencies. Ministers and officials continually raise these issues with social media platforms who are based abroad.</p><p>The UK Government is already doing what it can to identify and disrupt terrorist and extremist abuse of the internet. Since 2010, the police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) has worked with industry to secure the removal of over 250,000 pieces of terrorist content. Industry cooperation with CTIRU has significantly improved leading to faster and more consistent removal of referred content. CTIRU have established relationships with over 300 Communication Service Providers of differing sizes and removals at the request of CTIRU have increased from around 60 items a month in 2010, when CTIRU was first established, to on average of over 8000 a month in 2016. These arrangements mean that where companies take action this removes access to terrorist and extremist content from the whole platform, not just for users accessing it from within a particular jurisdiction, and therefore has a world-wide benefit.</p><p>However, although industry have taken some positive steps to address this issue, the internet is still being used to recruit, radicalise, incite and inspire and Governments cannot tackle this alone. Industry has both a social responsibility to tackle this threat and the technical expertise necessary to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 67220 question first answered 14/03/2017 17:26:36 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

709722

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on social media platforms which operate in the UK but are based in the US reporting communications sent via their service which might pertain to an imminent threat to national security of the UK to the FBI rather than to a UK security agency.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	67220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>We believe that companies such as social media platforms should proactively prevent their services from being abused by terrorists and other individuals who pose a threat to our national security by detecting and removing terrorist material. Where such material indicates there is an imminent threat to UK national security, they should report that content to our law enforcement or security and intelligence agencies. Ministers and officials continually raise these issues with social media platforms who are based abroad.</p><p>The UK Government is already doing what it can to identify and disrupt terrorist and extremist abuse of the internet. Since 2010, the police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) has worked with industry to secure the removal of over 250,000 pieces of terrorist content. Industry cooperation with CTIRU has significantly improved leading to faster and more consistent removal of referred content. CTIRU have established relationships with over 300 Communication Service Providers of differing sizes and removals at the request of CTIRU have increased from around 60 items a month in 2010, when CTIRU was first established, to on average of over 8000 a month in 2016. These arrangements mean that where companies take action this removes access to terrorist and extremist content from the whole platform, not just for users accessing it from within a particular jurisdiction, and therefore has a world-wide benefit.</p><p>However, although industry have taken some positive steps to address this issue, the internet is still being used to recruit, radicalise, incite and inspire and Governments cannot tackle this alone. Industry has both a social responsibility to tackle this threat and the technical expertise necessary to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 67217 question first answered 14/03/2017 17:26:36 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

692606

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cleveland Police Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures were in place to ensure that members of the Cleveland Police Authority did not benefit financially from any procurement or outsourcing partnership arrangements instigated by Cleveland Police prior to Operation Sacristy.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	64770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The responsibilities in respect of financial management of police authorities and, since their creation by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2012, local policing bodies are set out in legislation and financial Codes of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the creation of Police and Crime Commissioners, Police Authorities were required to adhere to the Code of Practice on Financial Management for policing, which was issued in October 2000 under Section 39 of the Police Act 1996. This Code set out the requirements and obligations of police authorities and has since been withdrawn.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Management Code of Practice (FMCP), published in October 2013, provides clarity around the financial governance arrangements within the police in England and Wales. It sets out the responsibilities of the Chief Finance Officer of the PCC and of the Chief Constable who each have a personal fiduciary duty by virtue of their appointment as the person responsible for proper financial administration under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. This includes requirements and formal powers to safeguard lawfulness and propriety in expenditure.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252720/fm_code_of_practice.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252720/fm_code_of_practice.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 64772 question first answered 27/02/2017 11:40:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

692614

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cleveland Police Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Operation Sacristy in (a) identifying instances of corruption in Cleveland Police and (b) preventing future such corruption.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	64760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Operation Sacristy was an investigation that was conducted independently of the Home Office involving a number of organisations and agencies, including the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). As such we cannot provide specific detail on this operation or its terms of reference.</p><p>In 2014 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) reported on the extent to which Cleveland Police Force had put in place arrangements to ensure its workforce acts with integrity as part of its <em>Police Integrity and Corruption Programme</em> available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/wp-content/uploads/cleveland-crime-and-integrity.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/wp-content/uploads/cleveland-crime-and-integrity.pdf</a></p><p>HMIC produced further findings as part of its 2016 Legitimacy programme, which included an assessment of how well the force ensures that its workforce behaves ethically and lawfully. The 2016 Cleveland report is available: <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/wp-content/uploads/peel-police-legitimacy-2016-cleveland.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/wp-content/uploads/peel-police-legitimacy-2016-cleveland.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 64757 64771 question first answered 24/02/2017 15:04:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley