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733037

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Fracking: Public Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Medact report, A public health assessment of shale gas in England, published in July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	1515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) reviews the evidence base on the health impacts of chemical and radiological emissions associated with shale gas extraction as it emerges, considering the available evidence as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 MEDACT report is one of a large number of publications PHE is currently considering.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 10:54:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

733038

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that children with (a) special needs and (b) disabilities are not excluded from childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	1516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting equality and inclusion for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and this is underpinned by clear requirements in the Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the Equality Act.</p><p>We introduced a new targeted early years Disability Access Fund, worth £12.5 million (£615 per eligible child), as part of the Early Years National Funding Formula (EYNFF) in April 2017. The EYNFF also requires local authorities to set up a Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund to support more strategic use of funding at a local level.</p><p>To ensure high quality support for children with SEND, our Early Years Workforce Strategy, published March 2017, sets out how we will ensure that staff can access the training and development they need. This includes developing a qualification by 2018 for early years staff who want to specialise in SEND.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2017 09:36:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

733039

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that every parent is better off working once they have paid for childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	1517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We are increasing spending on childcare support to over £6 billion per year by 2019-20, more than any other government. This includes our offer of 15 hours free childcare a week for all three and four-year-olds, as well as more disadvantaged two year olds, which is worth around £2,500 per child per year (for parents using the full 15 hours). We are also helping with up to 85 per cent of childcare costs for working parents on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>And we are going further by doubling free childcare, from 15 to 30 hours per week for nearly 400,000 working parents of three and four-year-olds, saving those using the full 30-hour entitlement around £5,000 a year. We are also introducing Tax-Free Childcare, worth up to £2,000 per eligible child per year and up to £4,000 for disabled children.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2017 09:40:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman