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818816

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Sheffield Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Sheffield Central constituency who are currently eligible for free school meals who would not be considered eligible under plans in the consultation entitled Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	121580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on proposals for free school meals eligibility under Universal Credit. We will consider the responses to the consultation carefully and will continue to refine our analysis as our policy on this matter develops.</p><p>Currently around 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged children are eligible for and claim a free nutritious meal. This government provides significant funding to ensure the most disadvantaged children receive free school meals. <br> <br> Under our proposals, no existing recipients of free school meals should lose their entitlement following the introduction of new eligibility criteria. We have proposed protection arrangements to ensure that every pupil who is eligible and receiving free school meals at the point at which the criteria are changed (or any claimants who gain free school meals during the rollout of Universal Credit) should be protected against losing their meals whilst Universal Credit is fully rolled out nationally. In addition, any protected pupils who are still receiving free school meals once the Universal Credit transition is complete would continue to receive protection until the end of their current phase of education.</p><p>In our proposed net earnings threshold, we estimate that around 50,000 more children will become entitled to free school meals than at present, enabling us to target support towards a greater number of families on low incomes. It is right that we make sure that free school meals reach children from the most disadvantaged families, and we are consulting on this issue to make sure this is the case.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/01/2018 17:26:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

872404

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 26 March 2018 on Eligibility Threshold for Free School Meals, when his Department plans to publish the evidential basis for the number of children that will benefit from a taxpayer-funded free school meal by 2022 under universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	134318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>We have published an explanation of the methodology by which we calculated the figures published in our consultation response on free school meals eligibility, which you can find at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-technical-analysis-note" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-technical-analysis-note</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/05/2018 15:43:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

931074

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of Funded Early Learning support for early years providers.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	157123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>By 2019 to 2020, we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support, which is a record amount. This includes spending approximately £1 billion extra a year on 30 hours of free childcare and to fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017.</p><p>Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’. This was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures. We recently commissioned new research to provide us with further robust and detailed data for the costs of providing childcare for children under five.</p><p>The latest Ofsted data from March 2018 showed that the number of non-domestic providers has remained stable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/06/2018 14:50:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

933961

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2018 to Question 157123 on Students: Loans, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of those funds for early years providers to meet National Living Wage obligations.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	159582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s increased level of investment was based on our ‘Review of Childcare Costs’. The review looked at both the current costs of childcare provision and the implications of future cost pressures facing the sector, including the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>We have commissioned new research from Frontier Economics to provide further data on the cost of providing childcare, which will look at the effect of National Living Wage. This year we will also be enhancing our annual Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers with more detailed research on provider finances and childcare costs, which will take into account the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the rate of the National Living Wage, the independent Low Pay Commission makes recommendations, taking in to account the state of the economy and evidence from a wide range of business and workers representatives.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/07/2018 13:48:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1121938

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase understanding among teachers and support staff of the pathological demand avoidance behaviour profile of students with autism spectrum disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	245769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Schools are responsible for the continuing professional development of staff who support children and young people with special educational needs or a disability, including those who are on the autism spectrum and/or exhibit a pathological demand avoidance behaviour profile.</p><p> </p><p>The department has funded the Autism Education Trust (AET) since 2011 to deliver autism awareness training to education staff in early years, schools and further education settings. So far it has reached more than 207,000 people – not just teachers and teaching assistants, but also support staff such as receptionists, dining hall staff and caretakers, encouraging a ‘whole school’ approach to supporting pupils with autism. The AET also provides resources for teachers, including a competency framework, a progression framework for assessing children and young people with autism, and a set of standards to help them evaluate their practice in addressing the needs of children and young people with autism.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the framework for Initial Teacher Training content (published in July 2016), includes specific content on special educational need and autism and the National Association for Special Educational Needs ‘SEND Gateway’ provides access to a range of free, quality assured resources and training materials for schools, including on autism. The SEND Gateway is available here: <a href="https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/04/2019 16:17:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1288292

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising people with ME and chronic fatigue syndrome for covid-19 vaccination.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	156362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has not identified any robust data to indicate that, as a group, persons with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are at higher risk of mortality from COVID-19 and therefore are not included as a group for prioritisation for vaccination in the vaccine programme.</p><p>Prioritisation for phase two has not yet been decided, but interim advice has been published by the JVCI recommending an age-based approach which the Government has accepted in principle. Phase two of the COVID-19 vaccine programme will cover all adults under 50 not already included in Phase one.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/03/2021 14:30:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1307269

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2021 to Question 158991 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising special school staff for receipt of covid-19 vaccines.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	179068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>In line with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) advice, special school staff will not be prioritised for a COVID-19 vaccination based on their occupation. Special school staff will be prioritised for vaccination according to their age and clinical risk along with the rest of the population. There are currently no plans to deviate from the JCVI’s advice on prioritisation.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/04/2021 15:36:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1341977

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 179661 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prioritising 17-year-old students planning to start university in September 2021 to receive their first covid-19 vaccine so that those students will be able to be in receipt of two covid-19 vaccinations prior to the start of the 2021-22 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	24169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is currently examining the evidence and the relative risks and benefits of routinely vaccinating children and young people against COVID-19 and will provide advice to the Department in due course. This will include consideration of those aged 16 to 17 years old.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/07/2021 11:23:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield