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754866

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	e-petitions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the e-petitions system; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	6576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The new e-petitions system has been running for over two years now and the Government is pleased with the level of engagement that it has prompted among the public.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Parliamentary e-petitions site is jointly owned by the Government and the House of Commons, therefore any assessment of potential changes to the system would have to be agreed between the Government and the House. Individual Departments are responsible for the content and timeliness of responses to e-petitions and the Leader's office has general Government oversight of e-petitions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/09/2017 16:30:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

426713

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Lancaster and Fleetwood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed on zero-hours contracts in their main employment in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	15251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 12/11/2015 15:31:42 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ Cat Smith - ZHC.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

578625

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the provision of youth services a statutory duty for councils.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	45636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Government does place an existing statutory duty on local authorities through the Education Act 2006 (Section 507B) to secure, as far as is practicable, sufficient services and activities to improve the wellbeing of young people. However, in fulfilling this responsibility government believes that local authorities should be empowered to decide how best to secure services that meet the needs of young people within the budget that is available to them.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to ensuring all young people can reach their full potential and has recently announced an £80 million investment in the youth sector that is being delivered through the Youth Investment Fund and the #iwill Fund.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 16/09/2016 11:35:37 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

578626

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies and those of local authorities of the findings of the Unison report, A Future at Risk, published in August 2016, on the number of places in youth services that have been lost since 2010; and whether she plans to increase the number of such places.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	45647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to decide how to allocate funding for youth services, according to local need. There is an existing statutory duty on local authorities through Education Act 2006 (Section 507B) to secure, as far as is practicable, sufficient services and activities to improve the wellbeing of young people. Individual local authorities would be best placed to advise on whether there are plans to increase the number of places in youth services in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to ensuring all young people have the best possible start in life. To demonstrate this, it has recently announced an £80million investment in the youth sector that is being delivered through the Youth Investment Fund and the #iwill Fund.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 16/09/2016 11:30:49 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

686978

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the new youth policy statement (a) takes account of changes in and (b) increases funding for youth services.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	63640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The Youth Policy Statement will highlight innovative approaches to delivery, showcase examples of existing good practice by local authorities and the youth sector and - through the consultation process - help government understand how we can help create the conditions for successful local delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Government is already investing significant amounts in youth provision including the National Citizen Service, the £40m #iwill Fund and the £40m Youth Investment Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/02/2017 14:35:53 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

578624

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Centres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of youth centres planned for closure in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	45637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to decide how to allocate funding for youth services, according to local need. Individual local authorities would be best placed to advise on any youth centres that are planned for closure in their local area in 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 16/09/2016 11:32:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

686973

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to announce the Government's new youth policy statement before the 2017 Spring Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	63558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text The Government has no plans to announce the new youth policy statement before the 2017 Spring Budget.<strong><br /></strong><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/02/2017 14:34:02 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

686974

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations she has consulted on the Government's proposed new youth policy statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	63559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>My Department has been speaking to a range of national youth sector organisations to test our consultation plans for the development of the new Youth Policy Statement.</p><p> </p><p>Following this feedback, a formal consultation will be launched. This consultation will be accompanied by a series of events to which national and local youth organisations, as well as local authorities, other statutory commissioners, funders, businesses and young people will be invited. In addition, any organisation or individual will be able to access and respond to an online call for evidence and a young people’s project will support young people to gather key messages and case studies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/02/2017 14:34:42 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

720314

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much resource including (a) staff and (b) salary costs her Department has allocated to development of the Government's forthcoming youth policy statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	70881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>My department has allocated around a third of the full time equivalent (FTE) of a Band A and half of a FTE Band B staff to work on the Youth Policy Statement since November 2016. This has included engaging with young people and the youth sector through a series of workshops. The proportion of time staff spent on the Youth Policy Statement is subject to change as the work develops.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 71202 question first answered 24/04/2017 14:17:45 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

516359

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	Work and Health Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the tender document for the Work and Health Programme to provide specialist support for long-term unemployed and claimants with health conditions and disabilities will be published; and when that programme will be operational.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	35858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review confirmed that the Department will launch the Work and Health Programme, restructuring our current provision to focus on providing the best possible support for claimants with health conditions or disabilities, as well as those who are long-term unemployed. The programme will launch in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department have commenced the commercial process for the programme by issuing a Prior Information Notice which was published on 28 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/05/2016 16:17:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith