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1660797

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	NHS: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on the (a) Childcare Allowance (b) Parent Learning Allowance and (c) Dependent's Allowance of the NHS Bursary; and how many people have (i) made a claim and (ii) been eligible for support under that scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	199571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Prior to 2017, the NHS Bursary was available to nursing, midwifery and allied health professions students as well as medical and dental students. Nursing, midwifery and allied health professions students starting courses after 2017 were transitioned on to the Student Finance loans system and the NHS Learning Support Fund.</p><p>The following table shows for the years 2018/19 to 2022/23 the number of students who received an element of NHS Bursary, together with the number of students who received available childcare components and their corresponding expenditure.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students who Received an Element of Funding</p></td><td><p>67,748</p></td><td><p>43,470</p></td><td><p>20,147</p></td><td><p>17,289</p></td><td><p>18,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students in Receipt of Dependants Allowance</p></td><td><p>9,178</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td><td><p>1,096</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dependants Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>19,053,850</p></td><td><p>8,344,526</p></td><td><p>1,599,887</p></td><td><p>539,752</p></td><td><p>363,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students in Receipt of Parent Learning Allowance</p></td><td><p>9,141</p></td><td><p>5,033</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parent Learning Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>7,846,287</p></td><td><p>3,417,731</p></td><td><p>653,253</p></td><td><p>211,489</p></td><td><p>103,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Students in Receipt of Childcare Allowance</p></td><td><p>5,031</p></td><td><p>2,557</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>16,659,222</p></td><td><p>7,028,750</p></td><td><p>1,313,955</p></td><td><p>399,834</p></td><td><p>238,972</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p>Note: The NHS Business Services Authority moved to a new system in 2022/23. The student count is from two different IT systems with no unique identifier, with potential for duplication in the count. Financial values are unaffected.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2023 11:28:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 96141 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1660798

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	NHS Learning Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on Parental Support from the NHS Learning Support Fund in each of the last five years; and how many people have (a) made a claim and (b) been eligible for support under that scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	199572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows for the years 2018/19 to 2022/23 the number of students who received an element of funding from the NHS Learning Support Fund, together with the number of students who received available childcare component and its corresponding expenditure:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Students who Received an Element of Funding</p></td><td><p>14,067</p></td><td><p>26,382</p></td><td><p>110,923</p></td><td><p>130,213</p></td><td><p>133,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Students in Receipt of Child Dependants Allowance (CDA) or Parental Support (PS)</p></td><td><p>8,014</p></td><td><p>14,013</p></td><td><p>36,192</p></td><td><p>34,034</p></td><td><p>35,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDA and PS Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>5,908,671</p></td><td><p>11,700,520</p></td><td><p>35,068,824</p></td><td><p>49,751,801</p></td><td><p>52,565,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/09/2023 15:14:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1646666

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
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	Whipps Cross Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance
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 oral statement of 25 May 2023, Official Report, column 477, when his Department will confirm how much funding will be provided for the rebuilding of Whipps Cross Hospital; and when the funding will be available to Barts Health NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	190788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering the Whipps Cross New Hospital Programme scheme by 2030 and we are working with all Trusts to progress their new hospital builds with the certainty of the Programme now expected to be backed by over £20 billion. All schemes in the Programme, including Barts Health NHS Trust, have now received the details of of individual indicative funding envelopes to work towards in the progression of their schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The disclosure of individual funding allocations is commercially sensitive information and could undermine future negotiating positions for the scheme, and should therefore not be released into the public domain. As per usual process, the availability of the funding for the full scheme is subject to the Final Business Case being reviewed and agreed.</p><p> </p><p>Up to the end of financial year 2022/2023, Barts Health NHS Trust has received £18.9m to support the development of the business case as well as a range of preparatory activity to prepare the site ahead of main construction, such as demolition works.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/06/2023 14:32:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 84196 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1604400

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
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	Hospitals: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what arrangements her Department has in place to help ensure that hospital trusts who have entered PFI contracts for buildings remain able to afford interest payments on those contracts and (b) what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of those arrangements in the context of rising inflation and interest rates.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	166206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England are in regular discussions with National Health Service trusts over their financial affairs and this would include the impact of inflation on trusts’ contracts.</p><p>This Government has taken decisive action in response to the inflationary pressures on the NHS. On top of the additional funding of £3.3 billion from the 2022 Autumn Statement in each of the next two years NHS England has provided an additional £1.5 billion in funding to the NHS in 2022/23. This has been added to system allocations and is covering a range of pressures reported by systems including energy costs, higher costs of consumables, and the cost of PFI contracts that are tied to the retail price index.</p><p>The payments due under NHS PFI contracts are not subject to changes in interest rates. In 2023/24 the funding issued to the NHS, and reflected in the NHS payment scheme cost uplift factor, takes account of inflationary pressures in 2022/23 as well as further growth to account for expected non-pay inflation and energy price increases in 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/03/2023 16:53:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 63537 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1586357

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Prescriptions: 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, with reference to certificates which exempt the holder from prescription charges, how many (a) Medical Exemption Certificates (b) NHS tax credit exemption certificates and (c) Maternity Exemption Certificates were held in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	146953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of certificates issued in each requested category, in each of the last five years. This information has been provided by the NHS Business Services Authority. Data on certificates held at any one point in time changes as certificates expire, eligibility changes and individuals choose or choose not to apply for a medical or maternity exemption certificate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Certificate Issued Year</p></td><td><p>Maternity Certificate</p></td><td><p>Medical Certificate</p></td><td><p>Tax Credit Certificate</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>474,982</p></td><td><p>463,022</p></td><td><p>3,793,684</p></td><td><p>4,731,688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>483,299</p></td><td><p>457,021</p></td><td><p>3,437,594</p></td><td><p>4,377,914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>444,670</p></td><td><p>366,960</p></td><td><p>2,555,064</p></td><td><p>3,366,694</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>463,214</p></td><td><p>387,787</p></td><td><p>1,977,486</p></td><td><p>2,828,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>471,603</p></td><td><p>397,552</p></td><td><p>1,540,848</p></td><td><p>2,410,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand total</p></td><td><p>2,337,768</p></td><td><p>2,072,342</p></td><td><p>13,304,676</p></td><td><p>17,714,786</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/02/2023 11:24:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1551141

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Drugs: EU Law
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 Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	109542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council has already been revoked by Schedule 9 of SI 2019/775 insofar as it applied to medicinal products for human use.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/12/2022 17:02:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1548808

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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	Human Medicines Regulations 2012
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 plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	104159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Reforms to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 are progressing under the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021. The Act supports the United Kingdom’s ambitions for the Life Sciences sector through regulations to increase innovation and support the development of new medical technologies. This includes placing the Early Access to Medicines Scheme on a statutory basis, supporting the continued safe deployment of COVID-19 and flu vaccines, and consulting on proposals for a new regulatory framework to enable innovative medicines to be manufactured and delivered at the point of care.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, the Government is currently reviewing which retained European Union law should be repealed, reformed or preserved. The Government continues to work with a range of stakeholders to ensure that any such reforms maintain current standards in patient safety and public health. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is participating in the review of all retained EU law within its responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/12/2022 11:52:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1525069

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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: EU Law
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 officials in her Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (a) headcount and (b) Full Time Equivalent.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	68539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has a central coordinating team working on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, which currently has two full time officials and support from an additional three officials alongside their other business activities. This is equates to approximately three full time equivalent officials. The central team is supported by advice from Departmental officials where there are Retained EU Law implications. These officials provide support as part of their normal business activities and do not have specific headcount or full time equivalent staff allocated to this work.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2022 12:00:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 27989 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1491050

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with no recourse to public funds are eligible for free school meals in (a) England (b) London and (c) Waltham Forest.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	40776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>National level data on the number of children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and who attracted pupil premium funding, under what was previously a temporary extension of free school meal eligibility to some no recourse to public funds (NRPF) households, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2022-to-2023</a>.</p><p>Due to the low number of FSM eligible children from NRPF households, the department is unable to provide the breakdown of figures requested, to protect these pupils from being identified.</p><p>When FSM eligibility was permanently extended to pupils from all households with NRPF in April 2022, the department ran a claims process which allowed schools to claim additional pupil premium funding for the 2022/23 financial year for pupils that had become eligible. This information will be captured in a subsequent data release.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/09/2022 07:52:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1384624

registered interest
date	03/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Sutton Trust report entitled A fair start: Equalising access to early education, published 19 August 2021, what assessment he has made of the effect of not being able to access 30 hours of Government funded childcare on the development of children from low-income families.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	86565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>All 3 and 4 year olds, as well as some disadvantaged 2 year olds, in England are eligible for 15 hours free childcare. This provides them with high-quality early education and helps to prepare them for school.</p><p>Working parents of 3 and 4 year olds can access an additional 15 hours (‘30 hours’) free childcare, helping them with the cost of childcare and supporting parents back into work, or to work more hours if they wish to. To be eligible, parents must earn the equivalent of at least 16 hours a week at national minimum/living wage (for parents aged over 23, this is equivalent to just over £7,400 per year), and under £100,000 per year. The government currently has no plans to extend this scheme.</p><p>There is no analysis available that compares children who access 30 hours free childcare with those who do not. However, findings from the department’s longitudinal Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) suggests that by age 5, greater use of formal group childcare (average hours per week) between age 2 and the start of school was associated with some negative effects on socio-emotional well-being and development in school year 1. SEED is our best evidence source for early years education.</p><p>A range of factors affect a child's development, including their wider learning environment. This could include, for example, their home learning environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/12/2021 17:13:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy