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1719535

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Energy Supply
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 she has taken to increase energy security.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	902946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government created a standalone department to focus on energy security. We are driving tyrants like Putin out of our energy markets. We are leading one of the world’s largest renewables programmes and driving forward the largest expansion of nuclear in 70 years, making our future energy in Britain.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 902947 question first answered 21/05/2024 12:06:11 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1719536

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Energy Supply
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 she has taken to increase energy security.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Chris Clarkson
uin	902947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government created a standalone department to focus on energy security. We are driving tyrants like Putin out of our energy markets. We are leading one of the world’s largest renewables programmes and driving forward the largest expansion of nuclear in 70 years, making our future energy in Britain.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 902946 question first answered 21/05/2024 12:06:11 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4835 label Biography information for Chris Clarkson

1701187

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Climate Change: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress she has made on reaching the UK’s 2050 net zero target.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	902293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>Britain is the first major economy to halve emissions, whilst growing the economy by 80%. We have more ambitious targets for 2030 than the EU, with the UK aiming for a 68% reduction in emissions to their 55%. We have over-achieved on all carbon budgets to date, and remain on track for the next.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 16/04/2024 11:50:48 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1673391

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	Wind Power
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 progress her Department has made on reaching 50GW capacity of offshore wind by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Anna Firth
uin	900349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is a global leader in offshore wind and attracts investment from all over the globe. Our ambition of 50GW by 2030 is world leading as we have a strong pipeline of projects and the world’s five largest operational offshore windfarms.</p><p> </p><p>We are stimulating investment and creating new jobs and making £960 million available for a Green Industries Growth Accelerator to support green manufacturing alongside £160m to kick start investment in port infrastructure. Industry has supported our action with Renewable UK’s CEO welcoming this Government’s strong commitment to the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 28/11/2023 13:19:58 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4936 label Biography information for Anna Firth

1653855

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling up Housing and Communities on the improving the speed of Local Authorities producing Educational, Health and Care plans.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	194734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Education has met with the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) at ministerial level to discuss all aspects of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) policy, including Education Health and Care (EHC) plan reform. The department is acting to improve the SEND and AP system and works closely with our counterparts in DLUHC and other government departments on this as necessary.</p><p>In the SEND and AP Improvement Plan, published in March 2023, the department set out plans to reform the EHC plan system.</p><p>The SEND and AP reforms seek to make best practice common practice in how EHC plans are delivered. They include establishing a single EHC plan form and supporting processes across England, including developing digital requirements for EHC plan systems to improve consistency and access to information. The department will also test the use of multi-agency panels to enable local authorities to make judgements based on a holistic view of the needs of the child or young person across education, health and care when deciding whether to issue an EHC plan. We are already engaging with children, young people, families, and practitioners to develop this work.</p><p>The department wants to ensure that EHC plans, where required, are issued as quickly as possible, so that the child or young person can access the support they need. In 2022 (the latest figures available), there were 114,457 requests for an EHC plan. 66,244 new EHC plans were issued, the highest number since they were introduced. 49.1% were issued within 20 weeks.</p><p>The department recognises the vital role local authority staff play in supporting families in the SEND and EHC plan system. We will consider the skills and training these staff require and, when consulting on amending the SEND Code of Practice, will propose new guidance on delivering a responsive and supportive casework service.</p><p>Where a council does not meet its duties, we do not hesitate to take action that prioritises children’s needs and brings about rapid improvement.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 26/07/2023 11:29:46 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1653941

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of commissioning unregistered alternative provision places through all referral routes.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	Mrs Flick Drummond
uin	194799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold any information about the annual cost of commissioning unregistered alternative provision places. These commissioning arrangements are managed directly by schools and local authorities who require the provision, and they do not report their expenditure at that level of detail.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 26/07/2023 10:20:19 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4459 label Biography information for Mrs Flick Drummond

1653518

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to require local authorities to undertake an assessment of SEND provision for pupils in schools in their area.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	194473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The department is determined that all children and young people receive the support they need to benefit from their education and progress to the next stage of their lives. All teachers should be confident in identifying and supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The SEND code of practice: 0-25 Years (2015) sets out what schools should do to fulfil their duties to identify and support all children with SEND, regardless of whether they have an Education, Health and Care plan.</p><p>The department published the SEND and Alternative Provision improvement plan in March 2023. Quality teaching and support are vital for children with SEND, including those in mainstream schools, to reach their full potential. We will introduce a new leadership level special educational needs coordinator national professional qualification for schools. The department is also taking steps to build teacher expertise in meeting the needs of children with SEND through a review of the initial teacher training core content framework and early career framework.</p><p>The most recent Ofsted education inspection framework also places greater emphasis on what schools are doing to support children and young people with SEND to progress and achieve their goals.</p><p>All local authorities are subject to robust SEND inspections, and Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have just commenced a strengthened local inspection framework, which places greater emphasis on the experiences and outcomes of children and young people and their families. Where local authorities are failing, the department works with them, using a range of improvement programmes and support from SEND specialist advisers, to address weaknesses</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 194488 194489 question first answered 25/07/2023 11:41:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1653537

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 an adequate provision of support for SEND pupils in mainstream schools.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	194488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The department is determined that all children and young people receive the support they need to benefit from their education and progress to the next stage of their lives. All teachers should be confident in identifying and supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The SEND code of practice: 0-25 Years (2015) sets out what schools should do to fulfil their duties to identify and support all children with SEND, regardless of whether they have an Education, Health and Care plan.</p><p>The department published the SEND and Alternative Provision improvement plan in March 2023. Quality teaching and support are vital for children with SEND, including those in mainstream schools, to reach their full potential. We will introduce a new leadership level special educational needs coordinator national professional qualification for schools. The department is also taking steps to build teacher expertise in meeting the needs of children with SEND through a review of the initial teacher training core content framework and early career framework.</p><p>The most recent Ofsted education inspection framework also places greater emphasis on what schools are doing to support children and young people with SEND to progress and achieve their goals.</p><p>All local authorities are subject to robust SEND inspections, and Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have just commenced a strengthened local inspection framework, which places greater emphasis on the experiences and outcomes of children and young people and their families. Where local authorities are failing, the department works with them, using a range of improvement programmes and support from SEND specialist advisers, to address weaknesses</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 194473 194489 question first answered 25/07/2023 11:41:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1653538

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 children with additional needs are adequately supported in mainstream schools.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	194489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The department is determined that all children and young people receive the support they need to benefit from their education and progress to the next stage of their lives. All teachers should be confident in identifying and supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The SEND code of practice: 0-25 Years (2015) sets out what schools should do to fulfil their duties to identify and support all children with SEND, regardless of whether they have an Education, Health and Care plan.</p><p>The department published the SEND and Alternative Provision improvement plan in March 2023. Quality teaching and support are vital for children with SEND, including those in mainstream schools, to reach their full potential. We will introduce a new leadership level special educational needs coordinator national professional qualification for schools. The department is also taking steps to build teacher expertise in meeting the needs of children with SEND through a review of the initial teacher training core content framework and early career framework.</p><p>The most recent Ofsted education inspection framework also places greater emphasis on what schools are doing to support children and young people with SEND to progress and achieve their goals.</p><p>All local authorities are subject to robust SEND inspections, and Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have just commenced a strengthened local inspection framework, which places greater emphasis on the experiences and outcomes of children and young people and their families. Where local authorities are failing, the department works with them, using a range of improvement programmes and support from SEND specialist advisers, to address weaknesses</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 194473 194488 question first answered 25/07/2023 11:41:36 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1653569

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children below school age spend (a) 30 to 39 hours and (b) 40 hours or more per week in a formal childcare setting broken down by age of child in England for which the latest data is available.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Miriam Cates
uin	194603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The department does not publish the data required to answer this question. A range of related data is available in the 2022 childcare and early years survey of parents in England. This is a long-standing, nationally representative survey of 6,000 parents of children aged 0-14, with the latest data published on 27 July 2023. The survey can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 01/08/2023 10:51:57 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4865 label Biography information for Miriam Cates