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1124682

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date	03/05/2019
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England has plans to issue guidance to (a) parents and (b) carers on (i) identifying need for and (ii) access to speech, language and communication services for children .
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	250735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working in partnership with the Department for Education to produce evidence-based resources and tools to support health visitors, early years practitioners and parents/carers in identifying and supporting children’s early speech, language and communication (SLC) needs through training guidance and an enhanced early language assessment tool. The assessment tool will incorporate parent resources to support family understanding of SLC in their children and will be rolled out from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this work, PHE is developing a model SLC pathway for children under five. This will ensure that professionals working with families are able to help them support their child’s SLC and how to access support if needed. The pathway will be published by September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:09:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124698

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to data in the Office for National Statistics's quarterly Economic Review published on 2 May 2019, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that 31 per cent of graduates had more education than was required for the job they were doing in 2017; and what steps the Government is taking to make more effective use of graduates' skills and education.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	250754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Employment outcomes for graduates are strong. The recently published Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2018 shows that the employment rate of working-age graduates was 87.7% in 2018, which is 0.3% higher than 2017. This employment rate is 16.1% higher than the rate for non-graduates (71.6%). 65.4% of working-age graduates were employed in highly skilled roles, compared with 22.9% of non-graduates.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase the earning power of people throughout the UK by investing in skills, industries and infrastructure. Through this plan, £120 million was provided to fund collaboration between businesses and universities to stimulate local innovation through the Strength in Places Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The primary aim of the Office for Students’ (OfS), the higher education regulator, is to ensure that higher education delivers positive outcomes for students and that it has a regulatory focus to ensure that students are able to progress into employment or further study. The OfS supports graduate employment outcomes in a number of ways. This includes a Challenge Competition, which aims to boost local employment outcomes, and the Institute of Coding, which aims to boost UK digital skills and graduate outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been improving the information available to students to help them make informed choices when making decisions on higher education providers and subject choice. For example, Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Frameworks, Longitudinal Education Outcomes data and the Higher Education Open Data Competition all provide information to prospective students.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/05/2019 09:25:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124711

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Chromium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are trained in the application of paints containing Hexavalent Chromium; and on how many occasions such paint was applied to military vehicles and vessels in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	250782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not have ready access to the information you have requested as it is not centrally recorded. Hexavalent chromium paint is now only used by the MOD on platforms where there is no suitable alternative and where it is absolutely necessary to maintain defence capability and safety. The MOD is alert to the health and safety risks associated with hexavalent chromate and provides guidance, safety data sheets, training and working instructions for personnel known to be working with the substance, together with personal protective equipment. The MOD has a small number of exemptions in place for known instances of hexavalent chromate application and is working hard to identify alternatives in these cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250783 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:16:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1124712

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Chromium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) current and (b) former serving armed forces personnel that may have been exposed to paint containing Hexavalent Chromium.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	250783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not have ready access to the information you have requested as it is not centrally recorded. Hexavalent chromium paint is now only used by the MOD on platforms where there is no suitable alternative and where it is absolutely necessary to maintain defence capability and safety. The MOD is alert to the health and safety risks associated with hexavalent chromate and provides guidance, safety data sheets, training and working instructions for personnel known to be working with the substance, together with personal protective equipment. The MOD has a small number of exemptions in place for known instances of hexavalent chromate application and is working hard to identify alternatives in these cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250782 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:16:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1124727

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Speech and Language Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to adult NHS mental health services for people with speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	250738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is working hard to improve mental health services for all adults, including those with speech, language and communication needs, so that many more people can access the high-quality, vital mental health support they need.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) commission local services, including mental health services, on behalf of their local populations taking into account local needs and priorities. CCGs and NHS England have a duty to have regard to the need to reduce inequalities in access to health services and the outcomes achieved.</p><p>Under the NHS Long Term Plan, local areas will design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services. These models will support health development by providing holistic care across local authority and NHS services, including primary care, community services, speech and language therapy, school nursing, oral health, acute and specialised services.</p><p>The National Implementation Framework, to be published later this spring, will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will drive improvements in people’s mental health care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/05/2019 11:09:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124729

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS Clinical Commissioners on the importance of joint commissioning services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	250739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has had no discussions with the organisation NHS Clinical Commissioners on joint commissioning of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:06:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124731

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of the National Education Union, published on 15 April 2019, that SEND provision in England has had a £1.2bn shortfall in funding increases from Government since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	250743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>High needs funding has risen by £1 billion since 2013 to £6.3 billion this year. However, we recognise that local authorities and schools are continuing to face cost pressures. Funding levels for future years will be determined by the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/05/2019 08:37:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1124738

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department collects to monitor the effectiveness of money allocated from the public purse to early years early intervention strategies in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	250799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Public Health Outcomes Framework is a comprehensive source of data at local authority unitary, county and district level on the extent to which local strategies are successful and effective in improving outcomes for children in the early years. It is available at the following link: <a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The framework includes data on outcomes for children aged 5 from the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP). Further information on the EYFSP is broken down by local authority and available to view at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We do not publish this data at constituency or combined authority level.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/05/2019 09:03:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1124740

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
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 discussions he has had with the British Horseracing Authority on the death of the horse named Up For Review during the Grand National race.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	250745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is keen that the welfare needs of racehorses are well met, both during their racing lives and afterwards and any racehorse fatality is one too many.</p><p> </p><p>The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is responsible for the safety of racehorses at British racecourses, including the Grand National. The BHA works alongside the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare to make horseracing as safe as possible. However, both I and the BHA consider that more can be done to make horseracing safer which is why I have been holding regular discussions with the BHA about this, including the fatalities at the Grand National, Cheltenham Festival 2019 as well at any other racetrack.</p><p> </p><p>On 14 May, I am due to meet the BHA Chair and the new independent Chair of the BHA’s newly appointed Horse Welfare Board when I will again press them on what progress they are making to improve racehorse safety and what further lessons have been learned from this year’s Grand National and Cheltenham Festival.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands that the BHA carried out post-mortem examinations on all three horses which incurred fatal injuries at the Aintree Grand National meeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 250747 question first answered 14/05/2019 13:45:38 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1124742

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Pheasants: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pheasant (a) eggs for hatching and (b) live birds were imported into England from each (a) EU country and (b) third country in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	250746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into England from the EU in 2018 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><strong>Country of Origin</strong></td><td><strong>Total</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Hatching Eggs</strong></td><td>France</td><td>13,070,875</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Poland</td><td>1,211,480</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Portugal</td><td>15,000</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Spain</td><td>943,620</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Hatching Eggs Total</strong></td><td><strong>15,240,975</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Live Birds</strong></td><td>Belgium</td><td>12,000</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>France</td><td>5,943,220</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><strong>Live Birds Total</strong></td><td><strong>5,955,220</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into the UK from third countries in 2018 was:</p><p> </p><p>Hatching eggs – 91,560</p><p>Live birds – 5,250</p><p> </p><p>All imports were from the USA.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to determine how many of the above imports from third countries were imported into England.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/05/2019 12:39:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff