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registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to protect school funding from the rise in electricity and gas prices.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	125076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>We recognise that schools face inflationary pressures, and we continue to monitor the impact of rising utility costs on schools.</p><p>Cost increases should be seen in the wider context of funding for schools. The government is delivering real terms per pupil increases to school funding with a £4 billion cash increase in the core schools budget next year, taking total funding to £53.8 billion. This includes an additional £1.2 billion for schools in the new schools supplementary grant for the 2022-23 financial year. Overall, this represents a 5% real terms per pupil boost, helping schools meet the pressures we know they are facing.</p><p>The department pays close attention to the financial health of the sector. We know that the vast majority of school expenditure is devoted to staff costs, with only about a quarter required for non-staff costs, including those related to utility bills. This means that even while costs are rising, inflation in this area would only have an impact on a small portion of a school’s overall budget.</p><p>All schools can access a range of school resource management (SRM) tools to help them get the best value from their resources to help them save on regular purchases and reduce non-teaching costs. This means schools can more effectively invest their resources into areas that improve educational outcomes for all pupils. Our SRM tools include two recommended deals for energy costs and ancillary services relating to energy, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school</a>. We have also launched the new ‘get help with buying for schools’ service, a new national service to help schools realise value for money and savings on non-staff spend, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-for-schools/get-help-with-buying-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-for-schools/get-help-with-buying-for-schools</a>.</p><p>We know that every school’s circumstances are different, and where schools are in serious financial difficulty, they should contact their local authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 25/02/2022 13:10:31 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

752880

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	EU Internal Trade: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of leaving the single market on the economy of Cornwall.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	5078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a deal that works for the entire United Kingdom - for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and all parts of England. <br>As part of this commitment the Government and DExEU Ministers continue to engage extensively with regional stakeholders, and intend to continue this work throughout the exit process.</p><p>The Prime Minister has stated that we will we will not seek membership of the EU’s Single Market after we leave the EU, but a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement as part of a new, deep and special partnership.</p><p>The Department for Exiting the EU is working with officials across Government and undertaking a programme of analytical work to assess the economic impacts of exiting the European Union across all areas of the UK.</p><p>Parliament has repeatedly asked the Government to protect information that could undermine the UK's negotiating position and the Government will respect this.</p><p>The government has provided a guarantee for all European Structural and Investment Fund projects signed before the UK leaves the European Union (EU), providing they are value for money and in line with domestic priorities, including where those projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. The government’s manifesto committed to create a UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Further details on the Shared Prosperity Fund will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/07/2017 16:18:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

752881

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	EU Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of leaving the single market on the economy of Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	5079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a deal that works for the entire United Kingdom - for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and all parts of England. In the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive, we have engaged at an official level with the Northern Ireland Civil Service. We remain committed to working with a new Executive to ensure that we deliver a good deal for the whole of the UK, including Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Prime Minister has stated that we will not seek membership of the EU’s Single Market after we leave the EU, but a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement as part of a new, deep and special partnership.</p><p>The Department for Exiting the EU is working with officials across Government and undertaking a programme of analytical work to assess the economic impacts of exiting the European Union across all areas of the UK.</p><p>Parliament has repeatedly asked the Government to protect information that could undermine the UK's negotiating position and the Government will respect this.</p><p>We are committed to securing the most frictionless trading relationship possible with the EU. We have no preconceived position on the way we do that: what matters is the ends, not the means. We welcome the European Council’s commitment to develop flexible and imaginative solutions on the island of Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/07/2017 11:14:35 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

750663

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment into the effect that leaving the single market would have on the economy of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	4308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a deal that works for the entire United Kingdom - for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and all parts of England. We have been engaging with the Scottish Government and have been clear from the start that the devolved administrations should be fully engaged in this process.</p><p>The Prime Minister has stated that we will we will not seek membership of the EU’s Single Market after we leave the EU, but a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement as part of a new, deep and special partnership. The Department for Exiting the EU is working with officials across government and undertaking a programme of analytical work to assess the economic impacts of exiting the European Union across all areas of the UK.<br><br>Parliament has repeatedly asked the Government to protect information that could undermine the UK's negotiating position and the Government will respect this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/07/2017 16:55:50 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

715219

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by his Department since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	69819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Since the formation of the Department no OFFICIAL or OFFICIAL SENSITIVE documents have been recorded as lost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/04/2017 11:03:01 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

713060

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Agriculture: Export Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of tariff increases on the viability of the UK agriculture industry sector in the event that the UK leaves the single market.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	68720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is conducting analysis at the macroeconomic and sectoral level to understand the impact of leaving the EU on all aspects of the UK, including the agriculture sector. We want our new partnership with the EU to allow for tariff free trade in goods and to minimise the regulatory and market access barriers for both goods and services.</p><p>We have recently heard from the International Meat Trade Association, National Farmers’ Union, and the National Pig Association, and have held a number of ministerial roundtables on this subject.</p><p>We have however been clear that we are not going to publish anything that might risk harming our negotiating position.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/03/2017 14:38:10 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron