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1184854

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date	13/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allow the free childcare entitlement to be used to allow parents to utilise fewer hours in a more expensive childcare setting; and what consideration his Department has given to allowing that entitlement to be used more flexibly.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	29247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The department wants parents to have access to a range of affordable childcare, giving them increased flexibility in their working hours. The government funded early years entitlements is intended to deliver 15-30 hours a week (for 38 weeks of the year) of free, high quality, flexible childcare for eligible two-, three- and four-year olds. It is not intended to cover the costs of meals, other consumables (such as nappies and sun cream), additional hours or additional services (such as trips) and providers may charge parents for these.</p><p>While many providers will offer 15-30 hours of free childcare per week during term time (38 weeks of the year), this offer can be delivered flexibly. All of the free entitlements can be stretched by taking fewer hours per week over up to 52 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays.</p><p>Some providers will only offer free hours during school term times or only offer free hours stretched over the year whilst others provide a mixture of the two. As set out in the department’s statutory guidance for local authorities, to ensure that parents can make informed decisions on their choice of childcare, providers should publish a statement of how they deliver the free entitlements and any additional charges for optional activities.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/03/2020 15:44:00 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1184856

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of custodial sentences imposed of the requirement for Gender Recognition Certificates when imposing a custodial prison sentence.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	29248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>There is no requirement for Gender Recognition Certificates (GRCs) when imposing a custodial prison sentence. The Government’s policy in relation to the care and management of individuals who are transgender in custody, including those holding a GRC, was published in July 2019 and is available on Govt.UK. The number of transgender offenders in custody is published annually as part of the HMPPS Equality Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/03/2020 14:52:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1184857

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cocaine: Ethics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received representations on the effect of the sale and supply of so-called ethically sourced cocaine on trends in the level of cocaine use in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	29249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has not received representations on this matter. However, the Government is clear that cocaine is a harmful drug and we remain absolutely committed to reducing its supply and use. The first part of Professor Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs, published on 27 February, sets out the evidence on trends around the supply and use of cocaine.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2020 16:21:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1184890

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
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	Cocaine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to run a public information campaign to tackle the consumption of so-called ethically sourced cocaine.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	29265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>All illicit drugs are harmful, and there is no safe way to take them. The Government does not condone the illicit supply of drugs. Public Health England coordinate public information campaigns on drug consumption.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/03/2020 16:03:39 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1184219

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Security: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	901566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The threat from dissident republican terrorism continues to be SEVERE in Northern Ireland. This Government’s first priority is to keep people safe and secure right across the United Kingdom. Vigilance against this continuing threat is essential and we remain determined to ensure that terrorism never succeeds.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/03/2020 12:55:42 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1183071

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Gambling: Regulation
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 steps he is taking to respond to the findings of the National Audit Office report entitled Gambling regulation: problem gambling and protecting vulnerable people, published 28 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	25710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to reducing gambling-related harm and works closely with the Gambling Commission. We have committed to review the Gambling Act 2005 and will announce further details in due course. We welcome the National Audit Office’s report on <em>Gambling Regulation: Problem Gambling and Protecting Vulnerable People</em> and are considering its recommendations carefully.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/03/2020 11:14:15 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1178779

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to NHS Trusts to increase the provision for fathers staying with the mother and baby in hospital.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	15144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>It is important that fathers have time to bond with their baby and support their partner. ‘Health Building Note 09-02: Maternity care facilities’ sets out best practice guidance on the design and planning of healthcare facilities so that partners and other supporters feel welcome in maternity services. This includes the provision of overnight accommodation for partners within birthing spaces and postnatal rooms or close to the unit. Maternity services need to understand their local populations and develop local policies that enable fathers to support their partners as much as they want to whilst respecting the privacy of other women.</p><p>Parents of babies who may require neonatal critical care should also be supported to stay with their baby. The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how we will redesign and expand neonatal critical care services to improve the safety and effectiveness of services and experience of families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/02/2020 16:56:54 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1178711

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the level of (a) turnout at elections and (b) detection of electoral fraud.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	15059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the correlation between the level of turnout at elections and detection of electoral fraud.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/02/2020 15:43:23 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1178715

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	Fly-tipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential effect of naming people responsible for fly-tipping on rates of that offence; and if he will issue guidance to local authorities to encourage them to name offenders.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	15063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Fly-tipping is unacceptable wherever it occurs and tackling this crime is a priority for the Government. We therefore welcome suggestions and initiatives being explored by enforcement agencies to tackle this unacceptable crime.</p><p> </p><p>The role of central Government is to enable and support local action: providing a clear legal framework of rights, responsibilities and powers, setting national standards and, where possible, making sure that the costs of dealing with fly-tipping issues are passed to those responsible for causing the problem.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to encouraging local solutions for local problems. This is particularly relevant in tackling fly-tipping, which requires a local approach, tailored to the characteristics of the area and the community in which the problem occurs. The naming of fly-tipping offenders is not current Government policy and, given our commitment to encouraging local solutions to reflect local circumstances, it is not for central Government to assess or publish national guidance promoting a single approach.</p><p> </p><p>However, building on a commitment in our Resources and Waste Strategy, Defra is developing a toolkit to tackle fly-tipping. The toolkit will include examples of existing good practice to prevent fly-tipping, as well as advice and guidance on how local authorities can set up and run effective fly-tipping partnerships and share intelligence. We encourage local authorities to provide evidence and share details of successful initiatives with Defra, and the toolkit could in the future therefore include reference to the naming of those responsible for fly-tipping, alongside a number of other initiatives that are being used throughout England.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/02/2020 12:25:36 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1177594

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage boys to study a foreign language at (i) GCSE and (ii) A-Level and (b) improve the performance of boys studying a foreign language at those levels.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>​Since the Department introduced the English Baccalaureate performance measure in 2010, which includes languages, the proportion of GCSE entries from pupils in state-funded schools in a modern foreign language (MFL) has increased from 40% in 2010 to 47% in 2019. The reformed National Curriculum now makes it compulsory for pupils in maintained schools to be taught a foreign language in Key Stage 2.</p><p>We are investing in a range of programmes to increase uptake of languages at GCSE. Our £4.8m MFL Pedagogy Pilot commenced in December 2018, and is designed to improve uptake and attainment in languages at Key Stages 3 and 4. We have also launched a pilot project in MFL undergraduate mentoring for secondary school pupils to drive up participation in the subject, specifically targeting areas of high disadvantage to extend access to languages for all pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/02/2020 17:35:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena