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1672148

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date	22/11/2023
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: Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 10 of Parkinson's UK's publication entitled Nowhere near enough, published in April 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the finding on the proportion of PIP claims made by people with Parkinson's that were initially assessed incorrectly compared with the general PIP claimant population.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>We are working hard to make the right decision, first time, every time. We continue to review our processes and decision-making and work closely with the assessment providers who carry out the assessments and provide feedback to ensure that they provide decision-makers with the highest quality reports.</p><p> </p><p>Condition Insight Reports are also available to PIP assessors to gain a better understanding of a condition and its impact, including Parkinson’s disease. This insight report highlights the importance of exploration of the fluctuation of the condition and was completed in collaboration with relevant charities.</p><p> </p><p>The Mandatory Reconsideration process is a key element of the department’s decision-making process for all benefits and offers claimants an early opportunity to challenge decisions and get them changed quickly. It offers the department an equally timely remedy for correcting decisions and means that fewer decisions progress to appeal, which is stressful and time consuming for claimants and costly for government. It is worth highlighting that in many cases, decisions can be changed as a result of new evidence or information being made available.</p><p> </p><p>We published <em>Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper</em> on 15 March 2023. Changes set out in the White Paper include those aiming to improve our assessment of fluctuating conditions, such as the way we use medical evidence, and developing the capability of our assessors. We will also explore options for introducing a new way of gathering evidence of fluctuation in a person’s condition before their assessment. The department continues to closely monitor all aspects of the assessment process, including how we assess fluctuating conditions.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/11/2023 16:51:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1671701

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gatwick Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of Gatwick Airport on the proposed use of its emergency runway for routine flights.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>No recent discussions have been held with Gatwick Airport representatives on proposals for the regular use of its emergency runway. Due to the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in the planning system I am unable to comment further.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 28/11/2023 14:46:36 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1671702

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Travel: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to regulate the use of additional charges (a) on travel booking sites and (b) by (i) airlines and (ii) travel companies.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on options for how additional fees and so-called drip pricing should be regulated.</p><p>Following assessment of the consultation responses, the Government announced in the Autumn Statement that it will be introducing new measures to tackle drip pricing. Further details will be provided in the Government's formal response to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 28/11/2023 11:36:28 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1671535

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children with ADHD in schools.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>In the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) improvement plan, the department set out its vision to improve mainstream education by setting standards for the early and accurate identification of needs and for timely access to support to meet those needs, including for children and young people with ADHD. The standards will clarify the types of support that should be ordinarily available in mainstream settings and who is responsible for securing the support.</p><p>The department will also develop practitioner standards to equip frontline professionals to make best use of provision and identify needs early, accurately and consistently. The first three practice guides will be published by the end of 2025 and will focus on advice for mainstream settings which is rooted in existing best practice.</p><p>To support the needs of pupils with SEND, particularly in mainstream settings where most of these learners are educated, the department has funded the Universal Services programme. This programme, backed by almost £12 million of funding, will help the school and further education workforce to identify and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND earlier and more effectively. It will also help them successfully prepare children and young people for adulthood, including employment.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 28/11/2023 14:46:56 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1671537

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified under the national referral mechanism in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the (NRM). The statistics for the last 12 months can be found here; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">National Referral Mechanism statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p><p>The data shows the number of potential victims that have been identified by the National Referral Mechanism.</p><p>Further disaggregated data is published via the UK Data Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/11/2023 17:26:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1671539

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the apprenticeship levy on the uptake of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>Since 2010, there have been over 5.5 million apprenticeship starts. During that time, the department has built a new skills system from the ground up which better meets the needs of employers and apprentices today.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship levy was introduced in 2017 to incentivise larger businesses to develop and invest in their own apprenticeship programmes whilst ensuring the availability of funding for smaller employers wanting to offer apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>There have been over 2.2 million apprenticeship starts in employers of all sizes across England since the levy was introduced. There are now over 680 high quality standards available from entry level right through to masters level, with over 5,000 employers involved in their development. There is now a much broader range of apprenticeships than ever before in occupations such as architect, cyber security, and nursing, in addition to traditional occupations like bricklayer, plumber, or hairdresser.</p><p> </p><p>More apprentices are now taking higher level subjects linked to higher paid jobs in key areas. Starts on higher apprenticeships at Level 4 and above have more than doubled, from 48,150 in the 2017/18 academic year to 106,360 in the 2021/22 academic year. The department has also seen year-on-year growth of degree level apprenticeships with almost 196,000 starts since their introduction in 2014. The department is providing an additional £40 million over the next two years to support degree apprenticeship providers to expand and help more people access them.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship levy has enabled the government to increase investment in the apprenticeships system in England, reaching £2.7 billion by the 2024/25 financial year. In the past two financial years, on average 98% of the English apprenticeship budget was spent showing strong demand by employers for high quality apprenticeships training. Large employers can use their levy contributions to fund apprenticeships in their own business, or they can transfer their funds to other businesses in their supply chain, sector or region. Funds that levy payers do not draw on are used to fund apprenticeship training in small and medium sized businesses which allows employers of all sizes to benefit from training apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 28/11/2023 13:05:02 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon