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1288870

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will increase the capped portion of the social fund funeral expenses payment.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	157318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>On the 8 April 2020, the value of the capped portion of the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment rose by 43 per cent, from £700 to £1000. There are no current plans to increase this.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2021 14:50:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1287941

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish a health systems strengthening position paper.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	156503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>We expect to publish a health systems strengthening position paper this year. This approach will form a central part of the government's wider effort towards ending the preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children, and strengthening global health security. It will take account of the lessons learnt from the response to COVID-19, and the need to build resilient health systems for the future.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 26/02/2021 16:29:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1288002

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) recent progress he has made on and (b) future plans he has to electrify rail networks in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	156370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>We are continuing to progress development and design of the TransPennine Route Upgrade, including the examination of the case for full electrification of the route. The electrification of the Midland Main Line, from Market Harborough to Nottingham and Sheffield, is also currently being examined by the Department and Network Rail and is at an early stage of development.</p><p> </p><p>Electrification of the rail network will be an important part of how we will decarbonise the railway and meet net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Therefore, the Department will consider further electrification schemes with Network Rail to ensure that they can be delivered efficiently and affordably.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/02/2021 12:53:28 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1288006

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with the recent escalation of Taliban activity, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the size of the UK's military presence in Afghanistan as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission and (b) its rules of engagement.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	156313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK's contribution to the non-combat NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan is kept under regular review to ensure it remains suited to the needs of the mission. For operational and personnel security reasons we do not comment on specific rules of engagement.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 26/02/2021 09:53:13 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1288021

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Mobility Scooters: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the waiting period for disabled children to access electric powered wheelchairs; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the length of that waiting period.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	156354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally therefore no such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 156355 question first answered 26/02/2021 16:50:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1288023

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Mobility Scooters: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many disabled (a) adults and (b) children are waiting over 12 months for access to an electric powered wheelchair.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	156355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally therefore no such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 156354 question first answered 26/02/2021 16:50:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1288025

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Pressure Sores: Wheelchairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) children and (b) adults have suffered from pressure sores over the last 12 months as a result of ill-fitting wheelchairs.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	156356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/02/2021 16:49:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1288050

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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 his Department is taking to help ensure the adequacy of education for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	156342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>During periods of national lockdown, education settings have remained open to vulnerable children and young people, including those with education, health and care plans. The guidance for the full opening of schools is clear that all children and young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), should return to education settings full-time from Monday 8 March. Where it is not possible for a child or young person with SEND to attend their education setting during this period, there is a legal duty on schools and colleges to use their best endeavours to meet the educational needs of their pupils or students. Discussions should be collaborative, focusing on the welfare and views of the child or young person and their parents.</p><p>To support remote learning, the department has made £4.84 million available for Oak National Academy, both for the summer term of the 2019-20 academic year and the 2020-21 academic year, to provide video lessons in a broad range of subjects for Reception to year 11. This includes specialist content for pupils with SEND, along with therapy-based lessons and resources.</p><p>Whilst inspection activity has been paused, Ofsted is conducting monitoring inspections of inadequate schools and some that require improvement. These include a focus on support for pupils with SEND, whether they are in school or being educated at home.</p><p>The government has announced further elements of the recovery support package so that children and young people can catch up on missed learning and development due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This will be supported with a new £700 million package, focusing on an expansion of one-to-one and small group tutoring programmes, as well as supporting the development of disadvantaged children in early years settings, and summer provision for those pupils who need it the most. These measures will build on the existing £1 billion support package, which includes a £650 million catch-up premium directly allocated to schools, with additional weighting for specialist settings, recognising the significantly higher per-pupil costs that they face. Headteachers decide how this premium is spent (for example, on educational psychologists, speech and language therapy or other activities to support children to catch-up).</p><p>We have put major funding investments into education, including increasing high needs funding for local authorities by £780 million this year and a further £730 million next year, boosting the total budget to more than £8 billion in 2021-22. Local authorities have been allocated a further £4.6 billion to help their communities through the COVID-19 outbreak. This funding is un-ringfenced, recognising local authorities are best placed to decide how to meet the major COVID-19 service pressures in their local area, including support to children’s services.</p><p>Through the SEND review, we are committed to ensuring the SEND system is consistent, high quality, and integrated across education, health and care. It is also considering measures to make sure that money is being spent fairly, efficiently and effectively, and that the support available to children and young people is sustainable in the future.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 26/02/2021 13:23:17 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1288094

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Rugby: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support the Government plans to provide to rugby league clubs to ensure the safe return of local sport following the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	156627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>To date, the government has provided an unprecedented £300 million Sport Winter Survival Package to give a lifeline to organisations that would otherwise not survive the winter as a result of the restriction on spectators announced from 1 October. This included a provisional allocation of £12 million to support rugby league which is in addition to the £16 million cash injection government announced in May 2020 to safeguard the immediate future of the sport for the communities it serves.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Furthermore, rugby league clubs will have benefitted from the £220m of National Lottery and Exchequer funding committed by Sport England since March 2020 to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic. This sector support was recently boosted by an extra £50million to help grassroots sports clubs and organisations as part of Sport England’s new strategy Uniting the Movement. Further details of Sport England funding including the organisations that have benefited can be found at: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/why-were-here" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/why-were-here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/02/2021 11:03:05 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1288097

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
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 ensure that both adults' and under 18s' eating disorders services have adequate resources to respond to the level of urgent referrals that those services are receiving.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	156643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>For children and young people, we are enhancing capacity in community eating disorder services to ensure appropriate support including crisis care and intensive home treatment. The community team can provide support during an admission to a paediatric ward for medical stabilisation or inpatient mental health bed if required.</p><p> </p><p>For adults, we are increasing our investment in community mental health care year-on-year, up to almost £1 billion extra by 2023/24. Twelve areas in England have transformation funding since 2019/20 to test new integrated models of primary and community mental health care. Eight of these sites have also received specific additional funding to transform the eating disorders pathway, including early intervention for young adults with eating disorders.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 26/02/2021 11:03:15 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 85249 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake