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1300043

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Pensions: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she has taken to strengthen protections for pension savers.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	913014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to safeguarding pension savings. <br></p><p />The Pension Schemes Act 2021, notably Section 125, will strengthen rules around pension transfers and<br />introduce new criminal offences for unscrupulous employers who mismanage schemes. These measures will protect savers in Bury South and across the United Kingdom<p /><p /><p>Many pension scams are initiated and perpetuated online, and that is why I am meeting with Google on 10 March to explore what action is being taken against online pension fraud<br>and persuade them to stop fraudsters using their site.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/03/2021 16:23:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1229376

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Green Belt: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the greenbelt in (a) Bury South constituency and (b) Greater Manchester is protected from development.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	82640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p><em>Planning for the future</em> proposes significant changes to the focus and processes of planning – to secure better outcomes in terms of land for homes, beauty and environmental quality. One key proposal is that local plans place all land into one of three categories: areas for Growth, Renewal or Protection. The Government has made clear that we expect local authorities to categorise Green Belt as an area for Protection. The protections for the Green Belt set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, and the strong encouragement to prioritise re-use of suitable brownfield land, will remain in place, in line with our manifesto commitments.</p><p>We also propose to transform how communities engage with plan-making, using new digital tools to make it easier for many more people to understand, engage with and influence development policies and proposals.</p><p>After carefully considering all the responses to <em>Planning for the future</em>, the Government will publish its conclusions.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/09/2020 16:18:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1245566

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the catch-up premium introduced by the Government in response to the covid-19 outbreak is being spent on pastoral support by schools; what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of that funding to support all pupils’ mental health and wellbeing needs during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a resilience fund for the 2020-21 academic year to enable schools to support pupils’ mental health and wellbeing in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	107149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2020 answer text <p>Access to mental health support has been more important than ever during the COVID-19 outbreak. To ensure that staff were equipped to support wellbeing as children and young people returned to schools and colleges, we made it a central part of our guidance on the return to school. The Department supported this with a range of training and materials, such as webinars and accelerating training on how to teach about mental health as part of the new Relationships, Sex and Health curriculum, so that all pupils can benefit from this long-term requirement.</p><p>The Government has announced a catch-up package worth £1 billion, including a catch-up premium worth a total of £650 million to support schools to make up for lost teaching time. School leaders have discretion over how to use this funding to best support the needs of their students, but we expect them to prioritise those who need the most catch up support. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) COVID-19 Support Guide is clear that interventions, including those focused on behaviour or pupils’ social and emotional needs, are likely to be important to support those who have fallen furthest behind. The EEF guidance is available here: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/</a>.</p><p>We will not be assessing how schools use their catch-up premium, but understanding the impact of COVID-19 disruption on attainment and progress is a key research priority for the Government. We have commissioned an independent research and assessment agency to consider catch up needs and monitor progress over the course of the year.</p><p>The £1 billion catch-up package is on top of the £2.6 billion increase this year in school budgets that was announced last year, as part of a £14 billion three year funding settlement, recognising the additional work schools will need to do to help students to catch up. Additionally, the national funding formula (NFF) continues to target funding to areas which have the greatest numbers of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. This year, the NFF will allocate £6.3 billion in funding for pupils with additional needs, or 18% of the formula’s total funding.</p><p>To provide further support during the autumn and spring terms the Department has worked with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Health Education England and Public Health England, as well as key voluntary sector organisations, to launch Wellbeing for Education Return. This project, backed by £8 million, will train local experts to provide additional training, advice and resources to schools and colleges, to help support pupil and student wellbeing, resilience, and recovery. It will give staff the confidence to support pupils and students, their parents, carers and their own colleagues, and know how and where to access appropriate specialist support where needed.</p><p>To increase support further in the long term, we remain committed to our joint green paper delivery programme with DHSC and NHS England, including introducing new mental health support teams linked to schools and colleges, providing training for senior mental health leads in schools and colleges, and testing approaches in order to provide quicker access to NHS specialist support.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/10/2020 13:27:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1310156

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Restraint Techniques
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his department collects on the handcuffing or restraining of children in the care system.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	183319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>All children’s homes, including secure children’s homes, are governed by the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 which have provisions around behaviour and restraint.</p><p>The regulations and the quality standards require homes to have a behaviour management policy that focuses on establishing positive relationships with young people, encourages acceptable behaviour and sets out the acceptable restraint measures.</p><p>There is a requirement for homes to record any incidents of restraint under Regulation 35 of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015. There is also a requirement under Regulation 40 of the same regulations for the Registered Person to inform Ofsted of any incident in relation to a child that they consider to be serious. We are clear that restraint is only permissible in a very narrow range of circumstances as set out in Regulation 20 and must always be necessary and proportionate.</p><p>In 2019, the government published guidance on reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention, which can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812435/reducing-the-need-for-restraint-and-restrictive-intervention.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812435/reducing-the-need-for-restraint-and-restrictive-intervention.pdf</a>. The department does not collect any information on the use of handcuffs for children in the care system.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 27/04/2021 12:09:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1182663

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Crime Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to tackle (a) antisemitism and (b) other hate crimes in (i) Bury South constituency and (ii) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	25216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>All hatred including antisemitism, is completely unacceptable and has no place in our society, which is why we’re taking a strong lead in tackling it in all its forms.</p><p>We recognise that there has been an increase in reported religiously motivated hate crime incidents across the country.</p><p>We are also aware that Greater Manchester had the highest number of antisemitic incidents outside Greater London over the last 10 years (2008-2018) according to the Community Security Trust, who are one of our key partners in tackling antisemitism and the main body reporting on the number of incidents each year.</p><p>That is why we became the first country in the world to adopt the working definition of antisemitism as set by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. We are making sure the police record hate crimes disaggregated by faith and our refreshed Hate Crime Action Plan reaffirms our commitment to combating antisemitism and our support for Jewish communities. We also are providing £14 million this year, and provided over £65 million to date, for the Protective Security Grant to protect Jewish schools and community buildings.</p><p>We have committed just over £1.5 million for projects to tackle racially and religiously motivated hatred from 2018 to 2020, and have just launched a new Faith, Race and Hate Crime Grant Scheme to promote integration and tackle hate crime, including antisemitism. We have also committed £200,000 of Home Office funding for a new national police hub to tackle the emerging threat of online hate crime.  The hub went live in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/03/2020 13:34:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1193734

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Breakfast Clubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to extend the National School Breakfast Programme to the May half term holidays.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	44069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>Alongside our national approach to supporting free school meal pupils who are not attending school, we are committed to supporting schools and children who benefit from our breakfast club programme. This programme operates during term time periods.</p><p>Our suppliers, Family Action along with Magic Breakfast, are in contact with schools on the programme, where possible, and are working closely with them to target the children most in need to continue to provide them with a healthy breakfast.</p><p>Family Action have reported that over 1000 schools in disadvantaged areas are registered to receive breakfast deliveries from this programme during the coronavirus outbreak. These schools are located nationwide across England.</p><p>Schools on the programme can choose to support target children in the way which works best for them; this may include parents collecting food parcels from open schools or breakfast food ‘drop offs’ to target families. This should be arranged alongside the school’s wider support for children on free school meals, and follow social distancing guidelines.</p><p>These are rapidly developing circumstances; we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/05/2020 13:47:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1667660

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many refugee claims under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are awaiting a decision as of 7 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>As of 10 November 2023, we have approximately 2,000 ARAP applicants awaiting a decision, including those applications we continue to receive each week.</p><p>Overall, we have received over 95,000 unique applications to the scheme. We are diligently combing through our records, searching for every eligible applicant and will leave no stone unturned to find all ARAP eligible Afghans.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/11/2023 09:37:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1639164

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Disinformation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on countering foreign disinformation in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	905046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>Countering foreign disinformation – which seeks to subvert and undermine the UK’s democracy, prosperity, and security – is vital.</p><p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology holds overall responsibility for countering disinformation and is the convening department that coordinates cross-government capabilities.</p><p>The Home Office works closely with DSIT and others in the coordinated effort to protect the UK.</p><p>The National Security Bill - currently making its way through this House - will further strengthen our ability to counter hostile state threats.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 22/05/2023 14:57:43 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1235062

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	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	General Practitioners: Epilepsy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the GP to patient ratio for female patients between the ages of 15 and 45 years old with epilepsy in Bury South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	91199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Data on the general practitioner (GP) to patient ratio for female patients between the ages of 15 to 45 years old with epilepsy is not available at national or regional levels.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/10/2020 16:37:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1363204

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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	Influenza: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of flu patients were prescribed antiviral medication in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	62900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of flu patients prescribed antiviral medication is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 01/11/2021 17:50:58 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford