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	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered foster carers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) with the information requested.<ins class="ministerial"> A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</ins></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:03:59 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2018 09:15:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 19649 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

777051

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who previously qualified for disability living allowance have not been awarded personal independence payments following assessments by Atos.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	109416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP case managers make decisions on all claims based on the PIP2 questionnaire completed by the claimant, any additional evidence they have submitted, the report from the assessment provider and any additional information the assessment provider has requested, for example information from the claimant’s GP.</p><p> </p><p>Up to 31st July 2017, 649,480 claimants underwent a Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment with Independent Assessment Services (IAS), previously known as Atos. Of these claimants, 125,680 were disallowed PIP and 523,800 were awarded PIP by the department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: PIP Computer System claimant records.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><del class="ministerial">1. The figures above are the outcome of the first DWP decision on each reassessment claim (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was a disallowance after the claimant underwent an assessment by Independent Assessment Services (previously known as Atos).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">2. Figures include decisions made between 8th April 2013 and 31st July 2017.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">2. Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8th April 2013, and include both PIP Normal Rules and Special Rules for the Terminally Ill claims.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">4. Great Britain only.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The figures are the outcome of the first DWP decision on each DLA to PIP reassessment claim assessed under Normal Rules only, prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review, after the claimant underwent an assessment by IAS. Figures include decisions made between 8th April 2013 and 31st July 2017 as recorded on Department systems. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and are for Great Britain only.</ins></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/11/2017 11:52:08 question first ministerially corrected 15/01/2018 10:56:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 19203 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

765617

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why the Child Maintenance Service allows non-resident parents £2,500 of unearned income that is not factored into payment plans; and whether he plans to review this policy.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	106137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Calculation of a child maintenance liability is based on gross income information provided directly to the Child Maintenance Service by HMRC. <del class="ministerial">Individuals are required to declare unearned income not taxed at source which does not exceed £2500 a year to HMRC, which already enables HMRC to include it in the income information they provide.</del> Unearned income exceeding £2500 a year is dealt with by HMRC through tax self-assessment <del class="ministerial">and is picked up in a child maintenance calculation through an unearned income variation. We have no plans to review this.</del><ins class="ministerial">The treatment of unearned income for child maintenance purposes is aligned with this for administrative efficiency. We are inviting views on the future treatment of &quot;income&quot; within the recently published Compliance and Arrears Strategy consultation.</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/10/2017 13:56:00 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2018 17:10:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 14051 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

758890

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people receiving tax credits who will be receiving universal credit at the completion of full service roll-out.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	9616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Based on the existing tax credit data and take-up we estimate that around <del class="ministerial">5.8</del> <ins class="ministerial">3.8 </ins>million people receiving Tax Credits will be receiving Universal Credit at the completion of Full Service roll-out.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds previous answer version 11131 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds 11369 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds question first answered 13/09/2017 15:12:46 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 20:43:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

776154

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the increase is in the (a) size of the mental health staff workforce and (b) number of professionally qualified clinical mental health staff employed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
	tabling member printed	David Morris
	uin	109144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital data shows that the number of National Health Service staff (full-time equivalent) working in Mental Health and Learning Disability trusts increased by 4,295 from July 2013 to July 2017, of these 2,156 are professionally qualified clinical mental health staff. The number of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) staff (headcount) increased by <del class="ministerial">2,278</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,728 </ins>between 2012 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Figures begin in 2012/13 due to the changes in services resulting from the dissolution of primary care trusts in 2012/13.</p><p>Source:</p><p>1. Health Education England (July 2017). Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England.</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf</a></p><p>2. NHS Digital, Monthly workforce statistics as at July.</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30100" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30100</a></p><p>3. 2012 IAPT Workforce Census paragraph 5.1.</p><p><a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246046/11919343/iapt-workforce-education-and-training-2012-census-report.pdf/907e15d0-b36a-432c-8058-b2452d3628de" target="_blank">https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246046/11919343/iapt-workforce-education-and-training-2012-census-report.pdf/907e15d0-b36a-432c-8058-b2452d3628de</a></p><p>4. The overall IAPT workforce number from the 2015 census was calculated as follows: sum of Low Intensity Therapy: Total Number of individuals (Staff in Post) on page 17 and High Intensity Therapy (HIT): Total Number of individuals (Staff in Post) on page 21. The 2015 IAPT workforce census is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/09/adult-iapt-workforce-census-report-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/09/adult-iapt-workforce-census-report-15.pdf</a></p><p>5. The overall IAPT workforce number from the 2014 census was calculated by adding total headcount for Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), non CBT HIT modalities and non-qualified counsellors and therapist, Table 4, page.11. The total funded establishment for whole-time equivalent psychological wellbeing practitioners was obtained from table 2, p. 9. The 2014 IAPT workforce census is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ewin.nhs.uk/tools_and_resources/2014-adult-iapt-workforce-census-report." target="_blank">http://www.ewin.nhs.uk/tools_and_resources/2014-adult-iapt-workforce-census-report.</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 13:56:22 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2017 15:29:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 18029 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris