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1545279

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date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Huddersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes that have been retrofitted through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund in Huddersfield constituency since the introduction of that fund.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The 2019 Conservative Manifesto committed to a £3.8bn Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) over a 10-year period. The SHDF Demonstrator and Wave 1 awarded a combined total of around £240m of grant funding, including to projects in Yorkshire, but these projects do not include any homes in Huddersfield. The SHDF Wave 2.1 competition, which closed on 18th November 2022, will allocate up to £800m of grant funding, with successful projects likely to be notified in March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/12/2022 14:05:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545280

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Kirklees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to improve the supply of social housing in (a) Huddersfield constituency and (b) the wider Kirklees area.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of social housing to maintaining communities, both in the Hon. Member's constituency and right across the country.</p><p>That is why, through our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme we will deliver significant volumes of social housing, including homes for social rent, to ensure that hard working families and individuals can live in safety and security in the communities they call home.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 95779 question first answered 02/12/2022 10:01:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545290

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Huddersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of trends in the level of social housing provision in Huddersfield on the Government's levelling up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of social housing to maintaining communities, both in the Hon. Member's constituency and right across the country.</p><p>That is why, through our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme we will deliver significant volumes of social housing, including homes for social rent, to ensure that hard working families and individuals can live in safety and security in the communities they call home.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 95778 question first answered 02/12/2022 10:01:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545293

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Huddersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of trends in the level of suitable social housing on overcrowding in those dwellings in Huddersfield.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Local councils are responsible for allocating housing and are governed by a framework of rules set by central government which ensures that they must give 'reasonable preference' to specific groups including people who are in overcrowded housing. Statutory guidance recommends local authorities consider giving 'additional preference' (high priority') to families in severe overcrowding.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 02/12/2022 15:29:47 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545297

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment on the impact of trends in the level of availability of emergency accommodation in Huddersfield on victims of domestic violence and abuse.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>We introduced a new statutory duty on local authorities to ensure that all victims, including children, have access to safe accommodation when they need it. The amount of funding for each council for 2021/22 can be found using this <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Ffunding-allocation-methods-new-domestic-abuse-duty&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C445031b19ac646353f1908dad3c738de%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638055149841237387%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KUpu7Sn3FeQC64paEVBdHbY7rW%2FjH1SXT5mKAMLWtHM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a> and the funding for each council for 2022/23 can be found using this <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-authority-domestic-abuse-duty-2022-to-2023-funding-allocations.&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C445031b19ac646353f1908dad3c738de%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638055149841237387%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yFN302nh5sxO1p3RaK%2FYX5hza8IIF0XtcYOS4I2WCB8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>In addition, we have run a number of joint workshops with the Local Government Association and each council must work closely with their Local Partnership Board, assess the needs of victims locally and commission the right safe accommodation support services needed to meet the identified need.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 98693 98911 question first answered 02/12/2022 09:30:41 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545432

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking to help stop the mis-selling of university courses to young people.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Universities are responsible for their own advertising. The Competition and Markets Authority has produced guidance to the sector on their responsibilities under consumer protection law, including what material information about courses they should provide prospective students. A new partnership, announced on 24 November, between the higher education (HE) regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), and National Trading Standards includes tackling misleading precontract information that students rely on when choosing their course. We are also working with the sector to agree ways in which they might incorporate key pieces of data into their course advertising, so that students better understand what outcomes they might expect from courses at the point at which courses are being sold to them.</p><p>The department is clear that universities should be transparent about the content of their courses and the likely outcomes that students can expect from them. Discover Uni is a tool, which is owned and operated by the four UK HE funding and regulatory bodies. It is the official, authoritative source of information and guidance to HE courses in the UK and is designed to help prospective students make the right choices about what and where to study, by allowing users to search for and compare information and data for individual undergraduate courses across the UK. The OfS sets the expectation that HE providers will display a link to the Discover Uni website on their course website pages to help prospective students make informed decisions about the courses they sign-up to.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 95784 question first answered 02/12/2022 10:03:21 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545433

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Young People
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 help ensure young people are supported in choosing the type of undergraduate qualification and courses suitable to their needs.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The department is funding careers in schools and colleges through the Careers and Enterprise Company with up to £30.6 million during the financial year 2022/23, to support them to implement the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Careers Guidance. The Gatsby Benchmarks provide a framework for the delivery of high-quality careers guidance. This includes encounters with further and higher education to help all pupils understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them.</p><p>Young people aged 13 and above can also access direct careers advice through the National Careers Service via a dedicated helpline and webchat, as well as through a national website. The government is also delivering the ‘Get the Jump’ campaign, designed to promote the full range of post-16 and post-18 education and training opportunities available to young people.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 02/12/2022 10:27:17 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545434

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Misrepresentation
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 regulate how universities (a) advertise and (b) sell their university courses to prevent mis-selling to students.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Universities are responsible for their own advertising. The Competition and Markets Authority has produced guidance to the sector on their responsibilities under consumer protection law, including what material information about courses they should provide prospective students. A new partnership, announced on 24 November, between the higher education (HE) regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), and National Trading Standards includes tackling misleading precontract information that students rely on when choosing their course. We are also working with the sector to agree ways in which they might incorporate key pieces of data into their course advertising, so that students better understand what outcomes they might expect from courses at the point at which courses are being sold to them.</p><p>The department is clear that universities should be transparent about the content of their courses and the likely outcomes that students can expect from them. Discover Uni is a tool, which is owned and operated by the four UK HE funding and regulatory bodies. It is the official, authoritative source of information and guidance to HE courses in the UK and is designed to help prospective students make the right choices about what and where to study, by allowing users to search for and compare information and data for individual undergraduate courses across the UK. The OfS sets the expectation that HE providers will display a link to the Discover Uni website on their course website pages to help prospective students make informed decisions about the courses they sign-up to.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 95782 question first answered 02/12/2022 10:03:21 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545435

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
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 help students make sustainable financial decisions when at university.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The department has worked with the Office for Students (OfS) and Student Minds to provide Student Space, a mental health and wellbeing online platform designed to bridge any gaps in support for students, which will work alongside existing services. Student Space provides advice and information on student finances, including advice on how to budget whilst at university. This service can be found here: <a href="https://studentspace.org.uk/wellbeing/how-to-make-a-student-budget" target="_blank">https://studentspace.org.uk/wellbeing/how-to-make-a-student-budget</a>.</p><p>Student Space is funded with up to £3.6 million by the OfS and the HE Funding Council Wales. It has now received a funding commitment of £262,500 annually for three years to extend this provision of online mental health and wellbeing support to all students in England and Wales until 2026.</p><p>This online platform is complemented by a wide range of budgeting advice available directly from Higher Education (HE) providers, as well as other sources online.</p><p>The department has also made £261 million of student premium funding available this academic year to support disadvantaged HE students who need additional help. The department has worked with the OfS to ensure universities support students in hardship using both hardship funds and drawing on the student premium.</p><p>Living costs support has also been increased by 2.3% for maximum loans and grants for living and other costs for the current academic year, 2022/23. Students who have been awarded a loan for living costs for the 2022/23 academic year that is lower than the maximum, and whose household income for the tax year 2022/23 has dropped by at least 15% compared to the income provided for their original assessment, can apply for their entitlement to be reassessed.</p><p>The government is reviewing options for uprating maximum loans and grants for the 2023/24 academic year and an announcement will follow shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 02/12/2022 10:41:50 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1545437

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
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 university league table competition works in the best interests of students.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	95786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The department does not have a role in the compiling of university league tables. They are the responsibility of the newspapers that compile and publish them.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 02/12/2022 10:05:57 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman