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1239365

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to introduce support for people who are ineligible for existing covid-19 support schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	97551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has prioritised helping the greatest number of people as quickly as possible, including self-employed individuals, businesses of all sizes and the unemployed. The Government’s package of support to date totals over £190bn, with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme alone having supported the wages of people in 9.6 million jobs. As the restrictions have changed, support has also evolved. The Government recognises it is not possible to preserve every job or business indefinitely, and will focus on targeting support as effectively as possible. Most recently, the Government announced a package of measures in the Winter Economy Plan, including the Job Support Scheme, that will continue to protect jobs and businesses through the uncertain months ahead.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2020 09:24:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1238360

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M11: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many collisions there have been at Junction 7 on the M11 in each of the last three years; and what has been the nature of those collisions.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	96048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The number of reported personal injury road accidents on junction 7 of the M11 for the past three years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Reported personal injury road accidents on junction 7 of the M11, 2016 to 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source<strong>: </strong>DfT, STATS19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 01/10/2020 13:55:54 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1238352

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his extension of the Self-employed Income Support Scheme is a grant covering 20 per cent on average monthly trading profits.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	96047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Grant Extension has been introduced to help the self-employed who are actively trading but are suffering from reduced demand due to COVID-19, to help them continue to trade through the winter months. The Government has broadly aligned the size of the grant with the Government’s contribution provided for employees through the Job Support Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2020 14:36:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1238351

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Snooker: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether snooker clubs are subject to the covid-19 10pm curfew restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	96046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2020 answer text <p>Sport facilities such as gyms, leisure centres and sport clubs including snooker clubs are not required to close, however, hospitality areas which sell food and drink (such as cafes and bars) must close at 10pm. This does not apply to dispensing machines such as vending or coffee machines. Delivery services and drive-through services can continue after 10pm, where applicable.</p><p> </p><p>Where a sport facility sells food and drink to consume on site, customers must eat and drink at a table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 02/10/2020 11:51:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1237483

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Darts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to issue guidance on the conduct of (a) professional and (b) recreational darts during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	95064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity facilities play a crucial role in supporting adults and children to be active. The Government has made it clear that it will adopt a phased approach based on scientific and medical advice, and that the primary goal is to protect public health.</p><p>The Government has published guidance on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> allowing the phased return of sport and recreation activities in line with the latest medical guidance. The Government does not plan to publish sport-specific guidance. It is for the national governing bodies of sports to publish relevant guidance in accordance with the latest government guidance.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/09/2020 08:21:42 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1236484

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2020
	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	Food Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children living in food insecure households in England.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	91835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s Healthy Start scheme provides a nutritional safety net to hundreds of thousands of pregnant women and families with children under four in lower-income families. Healthy Start encourages a healthy diet by providing vouchers that can only be spent on fresh or frozen fruit and vegetables, plain cow’s milk and infant formula.</p><p>Free school meals, led by the Department for Education, play an important role in ensuring disadvantaged children receive a healthy, nutritious meal each day. They are aimed at families who are out of work or on low incomes.</p><p>Under the benefits-related criteria, there are currently around 1.4 million pupils eligible for and claiming a free school meal, saving families around £400 a year for each child.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/10/2020 21:15:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 49593 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1236480

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2020
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	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 was spent on Healthy Start vouchers in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	91832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The total expenditure on Healthy Start vouchers in England, for the most recent year that data is available, 2018/19, was £44,787,081. This expenditure includes the expenditure on Healthy Start vouchers redeemed and the administrative costs for the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 91831 question first answered 01/10/2020 21:33:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 49590 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1236479

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2020
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what value of Healthy Start vouchers have been redeemed in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	91831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The total expenditure on Healthy Start vouchers in England, for the most recent year that data is available, 2018/19, was £44,787,081. This expenditure includes the expenditure on Healthy Start vouchers redeemed and the administrative costs for the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 91832 question first answered 01/10/2020 21:33:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 49589 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1235565

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department is making on meeting the 2.3 per cent public sector apprenticeship target; and when his Department will meet that target.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	91624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2020, the Civil Service has achieved a total of 2.1% of its total workforce as apprentices against the legislative target for the public sector of 2.3% by March 2021. DCMS has achieved 1.9% apprentices of the total staff employed within the department. We are reviewing our departmental apprenticeship strategy and are working to achieve the target for 2020/21 through a mixture of new appointments and development opportunities for existing staff. Given this target is a percentage of the total workforce the percentage changes in line with workforce fluctuations over time therefore making it challenging to predict when a department will meet it. The data for 2018/19 can be found<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019" target="_blank"> here</a>. The data for 2019/20 will be released on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> gov.uk</a> by the end of September 2020.</p><p>Departments are committed to increasing the number of apprentices across the Civil Service and continue to work towards the 2.3% target. The impact of the current pandemic has slowed recruitment due to priority work and logistics. With the current strategy and targets coming to an end in April 2021, the Civil Service is already focusing on how to continue to support the apprenticeship agenda and drive forward apprenticeship recruitment, pulling on the Plan for Jobs initiative and considering the current economic situation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 24/09/2020 15:05:23 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1235563

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department is making on meeting the 2.3 per cent public sector apprenticeship target; and when his Department will meet that target.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	91623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2020, the Civil Service has achieved a total of 2.1% of its total workforce as apprentices against the legislative target for the public sector of 2.3% by March 2021. Department for Transport (DfT) has currently achieved 1.3% of the total staff employed within the department for 2020/21. Given this target is a percentage of the total workforce, the percentage changes in line with workforce fluctuations over time therefore making it challenging to predict when a department will meet it. The data for 2018/19 can be found <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gov.uk_government_publications_civil-2Dservice-2Dapprenticeship-2Ddata-2D2018-2Dto-2D2019&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=troKkvwivNn_CddsvWCHHPiPoFoTgTGIbXJULvYU158&amp;r=JtgUEfFFpp_fia79x1lvcbuMW3hkWpSiV9N3TKlIv9A&amp;m=Usjg8zC7ZIzFit3NK2T00_XzQK-_qHBi2cQZx_WYcPk&amp;s=bj__HV6sMGxwd9frnCCuL68ATckJxqeGvSIs1jD6yAY&amp;e=" target="_blank">here</a>. The data for 2019/20 will be released on <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gov.uk&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=troKkvwivNn_CddsvWCHHPiPoFoTgTGIbXJULvYU158&amp;r=JtgUEfFFpp_fia79x1lvcbuMW3hkWpSiV9N3TKlIv9A&amp;m=Usjg8zC7ZIzFit3NK2T00_XzQK-_qHBi2cQZx_WYcPk&amp;s=KfmE2ihmiyHJHePQXtmTI3HdjgSxSODnH4iQGJxyiJs&amp;e=" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> by the end of September 2020. Due to the diverse nature of our work, the central department (DfTc) and our executive agencies (DfT Group) have developed localised strategies to allow us to continue towards the Government target. In September 2020 DfTc additionally transitioned to a cohort-based model of recruitment for apprenticeships; further strengthening our ambition for apprenticeship recruitment, and providing economies of scale to improve quality of provision and overall employee experience for the apprenticeship community.</p><p>Departments are committed to increasing the number of apprentices across the Civil Service and continue to work towards the 2.3% target. The impact of the current pandemic has slowed recruitment due to priority work and logistics. With the current strategy and targets coming to an end in April 2021, the Civil Service is already focusing on how to continue to support the apprenticeship agenda and drive forward apprenticeship recruitment, pulling on the Plan for Jobs initiative and considering the current economic situation.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/09/2020 09:14:41 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon