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1727394

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour and Noise: Shipley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) noise disturbances in Shipley constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission</p><p>​We will put thousands of neighbourhood police and community support officers back into local communities, so that residents have somewhere to turn to when things go wrong.</p><p>​We will crack down on those causing havoc on our high streets and in city centres by introducing tougher powers via a Crime and Policing Bill, including a new Respect Order to tackle repeat offending.</p><p>There is a statutory regime for dealing with a range of nuisances including noise. Local authority environmental health departments are the main enforcers of the noise nuisance regime. It is for individual local authorities to determine the detailed arrangements of the services they provide taking into account their assessment of local needs and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 12/09/2024 12:04:34 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5281

1727402

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control: Shipley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risk of flooding in Shipley constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Protecting communities around the country from flooding and coastal erosion is one of the new Secretary of State’s five core priorities.</p><p> </p><p>This Government will improve resilience and preparation across central government, local authorities, local communities and emergency services to better protect communities across the UK. We will launch a new Flood Resilience Taskforce to turbocharge the delivery of new flood defences, drainage systems and natural flood management schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Bradford Council and the Environment Agency have identified 47 properties at several locations in the Shipley constituency at high risk of flooding from the River Aire. Assessments undertaken confirm neither upstream flood storage, walls nor embankments provide viable solutions for the River Aire in the Shipley constituency. Bradford Council is working with these properties to determine the suitability and effectiveness of Property Flood Resilience (PFR) for their property. PFR measures in 39 properties will be installed over the autumn and winter. Bradford Council will continue to engage with the remaining properties.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice answering member printed Emma Hardy question first answered 13/09/2024 10:41:17 answering member 4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy
	tabling member	5281

1727391

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Banking Hubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that new banking hubs will be opened in communities affected by bank branch closures.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets, and is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Government is working closely with industry to ensure that at least 350 banking hubs are delivered across the UK, which will provide individuals and businesses up and down the country with critical cash and banking services.</p><p> </p><p>Over 60 banking hubs are already open and Cash Access UK, who oversee banking hub rollout, expect 100 hubs to be open by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hampstead and Highgate answering member printed Tulip Siddiq question first answered 10/09/2024 06:46:44 answering member 4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	tabling member	5281

1727393

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Dental Services: Shipley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in Shipley constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is to make sure that everyone who needs dental treatment can access a dentist, including in the Shipley constituency. We will tackle the immediate dentistry crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments, and to recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of National Health Service dentists.</p><p>Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary care services, including NHS dentistry, to meet the needs of the local populations, and for determining the priorities for investment in their area.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 11/09/2024 11:37:11 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
	tabling member	5281

1727400

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Shipley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in villages and rural areas in Shipley constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1.14 billion over 30 years (£38 million annually) towards West Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s local economic priorities, including business support. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund also provides £83 million for West Yorkshire, including support for rural businesses in Shipley.</p><p>For small businesses across the country, we will deliver on commitments to boost exports, improve access to finance, stamp out late payment practices and open up competition for public procurement contracts. The department also provides support through Help to Grow Management, the Business Support Service and network of Growth Hubs – including the <a href="https://www.wybusiness-skills.com/business-support/" target="_blank">West Yorkshire Business Support Service</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 13/09/2024 13:38:39 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	tabling member	5281

1727399

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all new green-energy infrastructure is (a) built in suitable locations and (b) benefits nearby communities.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP). The SSEP will support a more actively planned approach to energy infrastructure across England, Scotland and Wales, across land and sea. The Secretary of State and Head of Mission Control also wrote to the ESO on 23rd August to formally commission advice regarding the key requirements for the Government to meet its clean power commitment by 2030.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F66cda5c1e39a8536eac0532e%2Fsos-chris-stark-letter-clean-power-2030.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C441b6df19b1c4fa097c808dcd3d04e0c%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638618138842055323%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7RFPjXPOwWELaNZoBVvVgAiHaw3wYYaVaBS5AA8MAPM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66cda5c1e39a8536eac0532e/sos-chris-stark-letter-clean-power-2030.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>It is the Government’s priority to build support for developments by ensuring communities directly benefit. We are reviewing how to most effectively deliver community benefits for communities living near new energy infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 13/09/2024 10:20:32 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	5281

1727395

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle dangerous driving in (a) villages and (b) rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The safety of our roads is an absolute priority for this Government and that is why the Department is committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. The Department will set out next steps on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 11/09/2024 08:34:44 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5281

1727398

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the probation service has the capacity to cope with recent increases in prisoner releases.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Probation staff do an extraordinary job in extremely challenging circumstances.</p><p>The eight weeks since the Lord Chancellor’s announcement of prisoner release under SDS40 has given the Probation Service more time to prepare than a release on the previous Government’s End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) scheme afforded. We have also committed to recruiting 1000 new probation officers by March 2025.</p><p>Once released, offenders will be subject to the same set of strict licence conditions. These can include electronic monitoring, alcohol tags and exclusion zones. Should offenders breach these conditions they face being immediately recalled to prison.</p><p>Since July 2024, the Probation Service has implemented a set of measures designed to help alleviate workload pressures in response to the impact of prison capacity. This involves prioritising early engagement at the point where offenders are most likely to breach the requirements of their licence or community sentence. In turn that ensures that staff can maximise supervision of the most serious offenders.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 13/09/2024 13:43:18 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	5281

1727396

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve children's mental health and well-being in schools in Shipley constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to improving mental health and wellbeing support for all children and young people. This is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity and learning.</p><p> </p><p>The right support should be available to every young person that needs it, which is why this government will provide access to specialist mental health professionals in every school. We will also be putting in place new Young Futures hubs, including access to mental health support workers, and will recruit an additional 8,500 new mental health staff to treat children and adults.</p><p> </p><p>Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) currently cover 44% of children and young people in schools and colleges across England. These MHSTs have three core functions: i) to deliver evidence-based early interventions for emerging and actual mental health issues, 1-1 and in groups, ii) to support a school or college’s mental health lead to embed an effective approach to promote and support mental health and wellbeing, and iii) to advise school and college staff, and liaise with external specialist services, to help pupils and learners to get the right timely support and stay in education.</p><p> </p><p>Data specifically on how many schools and colleges in Shipley constituency work with an MHSTs is not currently available. As of April 2024, 28% of pupils and learners in Bradford local authority are in schools and colleges that work with an MHST, compared to 44% nationally: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A resource hub for mental health leads and a targeted mental wellbeing support toolkit are available on the Mentally Healthy Schools platform. Data is available at a local authority level on the schools and colleges that have taken up the offer of the department’s funded mental health lead training grant. By the end of March 2024, 73% of schools and colleges in Bradford local authority had claimed a senior mental health leads training grant, compared to 74% nationally.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 13/09/2024 12:57:50 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5281

1727401

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Shipley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the adequacy of SEND services in Shipley constituency; and what steps she has taken to support the local authority to improve SEND provisions.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Anna Dixon
	uin	4316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission are jointly responsible for inspecting local area arrangements for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).</p><p> </p><p>Bradford last received an area SEND inspection in March 2022, during which inspectors identified five areas of significant weakness:</p><ul><li>Poor communication between stakeholders across education, health and care (EHC).</li><li>The variable quality of EHC plans, including plans which do not fully describe the provision that children and young people with SEND need.</li><li>The inconsistent delivery of the 0 to 19 health visiting, school nursing and specialist nursing services.</li><li>Children and young people wait too long for assessments, treatment and diagnosis. There is insufficient support for children and young people with SEND who are waiting for provision, services, diagnosis or equipment.</li><li>EHC services do not work together well. The arrangements for joint commissioning are underdeveloped.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The local area was required to produce a written statement of action to explain, to Ofsted and the department, how they would address these areas of weakness.</p><p> </p><p>Following the inspection outcome, the department has worked closely with its partners in NHS England to monitor, support and challenge the local area partnership in making the necessary improvements. The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is also receiving additional support from a specialist SEND advisor, and the department will continue to work with the Council and relevant stakeholders to support them in improving SEND services and provision in Bradford.</p><p> </p><p>High needs funding is increasing to over £10.5 billion for the 2024/25 financial year. Of this, through their dedicated schools grant for the 2024/25 financial year, Bradford is receiving a high needs funding allocation of £122.3 million. This funding will continue to help with the costs of supporting children and young people with SEND.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 13/09/2024 12:32:16 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5281