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1145683

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Motability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support her Department provides to claimants of personal independence payments who have had their motability car removed pending appeal and who need to travel to hospital appointments.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Motability allow eligible claimants who joined the Scheme before 2014 to opt to extend their lease for 26 weeks after the DLA payments end (or until a decision on their appeal is heard) and receive a smaller lump sum payment.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS are responsible for considering costs relating to travel for hospital appointments under the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme. This is for people in receipt of a qualifying benefit or who have a low income.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/10/2019 16:45:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145685

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received the enhanced mobility rate of personal independence payments after a successful appeal in the Garston and Halewood constituency in each year since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cases in the Garston and Halewood constituency since April 2013 that saw that their mobility award, upon an appeal being cleared, ‘increased up to the enhanced mobility rate’ could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/10/2019 16:30:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145693

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the mean funding is per pupil for SEND provision in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	290717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the cost of additional support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEND exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In 2020-21, the department will provide more than £700 million, an 11% increase in one year, in additional high needs funding, bringing the national high needs funding total to over £7 billion. Every local authority will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of their population aged 2-18 years old. The department will provide provisional allocations to local authorities in October.</p><p>Below we have provided the schools and high needs funding allocations for 2015-16 to 2019-20 for Yorkshire and the Humber, York, and England. We have also provided the total number of children with both SEND support and education, health and care plans, although this does not include young people in further education. The department also does not hold specific figures on how much of each local authority’s schools’ budget has been spent on SEND.</p><p>The schools and high needs funding allocations for 2015-16 to 2019-20 are as follows:</p><p>Yorkshire and the Humber:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Schools funding amount</p></td><td><p>High needs funding amount</p></td><td><p>Total SEND numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£3,243.3 million</p></td><td><p>£436.2 million</p></td><td><p>126,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£3,278.5 million</p></td><td><p>£442.1 million</p></td><td><p>117,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£3,334.7 million</p></td><td><p>£476.3 million</p></td><td><p>119,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£3,389.8 million</p></td><td><p>£512.6 million*</p></td><td><p>102,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£3,474.6 million</p></td><td><p>£531.9 million*</p></td><td><p>129,674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>York:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Schools funding amount</p></td><td><p>High needs funding amount</p></td><td><p>Total SEND numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£91.1 million</p></td><td><p>£15.2 million</p></td><td><p>3,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£92.2 million</p></td><td><p>£15.5 million</p></td><td><p>3,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£93.0 million</p></td><td><p>£18.1 million</p></td><td><p>3,178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£94.1 million</p></td><td><p>£19.1 million*</p></td><td><p>3,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£98.2 million</p></td><td><p>£19.5 million*</p></td><td><p>3,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>England:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Schools funding amount</p></td><td><p>High needs funding amount</p></td><td><p>Total SEND numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£32,168.1 million</p></td><td><p>£5246.5 million</p></td><td><p>1,301,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£32,650.3 million</p></td><td><p>£5300.0 million</p></td><td><p>1,228,787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£33,093.6 million</p></td><td><p>£5826.8 million</p></td><td><p>1,244,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£33,684.0 million</p></td><td><p>£6114.3 million*</p></td><td><p>1,276,216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£34,502.5 million</p></td><td><p>£6270.6 million*</p></td><td><p>1,318,328</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* In December 2018, the department allocated an additional £250 million of high needs funding, in recognition of funding pressures. This additional funding is included within the final totals provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 20:10:05 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan previous answer version 136303 answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1145728

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the disability employment gap is in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	290745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The disability employment gap is the measure of the difference between the employment rate of disabled people and the employment rate of non-disabled people. It is not therefore something which can be measured at the level of a single organisation. The current disability employment gap in the UK is 28.9 percentage points.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/10/2019 16:22:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1145748

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the return envelopes provided for UC50 and ESA50 forms are first class envelopes and the envelopes provided for personal independence payments are second class.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	290670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>It is currently DWP policy to use second class post for business reply envelopes. First class business reply envelopes are only used by exception and where there is a clear business need to ensure that the appropriate rate of benefit is paid as speedily as possible.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/10/2019 16:15:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1145757

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Earthquakes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government is offering to the Government of Pakistan following the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Azad Kashmir.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	290644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>DFID has been liaising closely with the Government of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) since the earthquake struck on 24 September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Key humanitarian partners, including UN agencies, met with the NDMA to discuss the response to the earthquake on Friday 27 September. The NDMA confirmed that the Government of Pakistan will not launch any formal appeal or request for National or International Assistance, but donors and agencies can provide assistance on a voluntary basis.</p><p> </p><p>DFID stands ready to respond and provide funding and the National Disaster Consortium partners have pre-positioned supplies which can be deployed at short notice.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 03/10/2019 16:18:19 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1145781

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes: Garston and Halewood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the cost of living for low-income families in Garston and Halewood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>We would prefer to leave with a deal, and we will work in an energetic and determined way to get that better deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is turbocharging preparations to ensure we are ready to leave on 31 October, and all necessary funds will be made available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people and low resilience places. Furthermore, officials estimate the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and this is a central consideration when allocating public funds. The most recent published record of this is at Budget 2018, and is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2018-documents</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 03/10/2019 16:41:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145782

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	North West: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the fiscal effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the (a) automotive industry, (b) pharmaceutical industry and (c) food industry in the North West in the subsequent (i) three months and (ii) six months.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been stepping up preparations for this outcome. We have made more than £8 billion available to prepare for EU Exit since the referendum, including £2.1 billion specifically for No Deal planning.</p><p> </p><p>The government is monitoring businesses and sectors which may be exposed to short-term difficulties as a result of EU Exit. We are considering how best to support businesses across the country in the run up to or immediately after EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 290685 question first answered 03/10/2019 18:13:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145783

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	North West: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent fiscal steps his Department has taken to mitigate the effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the (a) automotive industry, (b) pharmaceutical industry and (c) the food industry in the North West; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been stepping up preparations for this outcome. We have made more than £8 billion available to prepare for EU Exit since the referendum, including £2.1 billion specifically for No Deal planning.</p><p> </p><p>The government is monitoring businesses and sectors which may be exposed to short-term difficulties as a result of EU Exit. We are considering how best to support businesses across the country in the run up to or immediately after EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 290684 question first answered 03/10/2019 18:13:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145784

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	YouTube: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the New York Times report, entitled How YouTube Radicalised Brazil, published 11 August 2019, if she will make an assessment of whether YouTube’s recommendation algorithm has played a role in increasing (a) radicalisation and (b) misinformation.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	290773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of algorithms as part of the responsible deployment of digital technologies. To this end, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) established the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) in November 2018. The Centre provides government with independent, expert advice on measures needed to enable/ensure safe, ethical and innovative uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven technologies. The Centre’s 2019/20 Work Programme is focused on delivering two major reviews, including one on online targeting. The Targeting Review is investigating how data is used to shape people’s online environments via the personalisation and targeting of messages, content and services online. Interim findings were published in July 2019, alongside a literature review, and the Centre will publish its final recommendations this December.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. This will make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online. The government expects companies to proactively engage in looking at tech solutions, including ensuring their algorithms do not inadvertently cause harm. We are working closely with social media platforms to encourage and promote responsible behaviour ahead of the implementation of the online harms regulatory framework.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 290774 290775 question first answered 03/10/2019 13:05:09 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown