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1468187

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the Rt hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras at Prime Minister's Questions on 25 May 2022, Official Report, Column 286, how many and what proportion of passport applications submitted over the last three months were processed within six weeks.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	13815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of applications continue to be dealt with well within 10 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/06/2022 08:57:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5701 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465890

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications submitted to the Passport Office in the last six months have been fully processed within (a) four weeks, (b) six weeks, (c) eight weeks and (d) ten weeks.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	9137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p>Ahead of unrestricted international travel returning, HM Passport Office prepared extensively to serve an unprecedented number of customers, with 9.5 million British passport applications forecasted throughout 2022.</p><p>These preparations, which include the recruitment of 650 additional staff since April 2021 and with plans in place to recruit a further 550 by this summer, have ensured that passport applications can be processed in higher numbers than ever before. This was demonstrated in March and April 2022 when HM Passport Office achieved record outputs by completing the processing of two million applications.</p><p>Since April 2021, HM Passport Office has been advising people to allow up to 10 weeks when applying for their passport from the UK. However, Her Majesty’s Passport Office will always endeavour to process applications as quickly as possible, and in the simplest of cases that require fewer manual interventions these may be processed much more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/06/2022 11:14:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465488

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Private Rented Housing
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 his Department is taking to reform the private rented sector and help strengthening renters’ rights; and if he will make it his policy to end Section 21 evictions.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to tackling the worst issues in the private rented sector and delivering a better deal for renters. That is why we announced in the Queen's Speech 2022 that we will be bringing forward a Renters Reform Bill in this session.</p><p>In this bill we will abolish section 21 'no fault' evictions under the Housing Act 1988, providing security for tenants in the private rented sector and empowering them to challenge poor practice and unfair rent increases without fear of retaliatory eviction.</p><p>We will publish a White Paper shortly that will set out more detail on these measures and our wider reform package.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 30/05/2022 15:51:44 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465492

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Affordable Housing: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to build affordable homes to ensure that keyworkers are able to afford homes in their communities.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make home ownership a reality for hard-working people who are currently priced out of their local area. First Homes are homes which are sold to first-time buyers with a discount of at least 30% from full market value.</p><p>Crucially, the discount will be passed on to all future purchasers in perpetuity, so these homes will keep helping first-time buyers onto the property ladder for generations to come. Beyond the national criteria, local authorities will be able to set local connection and/or key worker criteria for First Homes in their area, based on the needs of their local community.</p><p>Alongside support for key workers purchasing First Homes, we are committed to increasing the overall supply of affordable homes. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver up to 180,000 affordable homes, should economic conditions allow. Approximately half of the homes delivered will be for affordable home ownership, supporting aspiring homeowners to take their first step on to the housing ladder.</p><p>The Government is committed to increase first-time buyer numbers in all regions, and will do so by looking at all of the factors that influence ownership levels, including housing supply and the availability of low deposit mortgages. We will also explore further options to limit the competition first-time buyers face. This means looking at all of the options available to government to limit the factors which are pricing out local people, seeking to learn from international comparators. In addition to First Homes, this Government runs a range of schemes to help people into home ownership such as the mortgage guarantee scheme, Help to Buy: Equity Loan, Shared Ownership and Lifetime ISA.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/06/2022 14:10:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465495

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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 his Department will undertake urgent reforms to the childcare sector, including allocating adequate funding to ensure that staff are sufficiently well paid to provide high-quality, affordable childcare.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The department continues to look at ways to improve the cost, choice and availability of high-quality childcare and early education, in order to support parents and provide children with the best start in life.</p><p>The department has spent over £3.5 billion in each of the past three years on early education entitlements, and we are investing additional funding for those entitlements worth £160 million in the 2022/23 financial year, £180 million in the 2023/24 financial year and £170 million in the 2024/25 financial year, compared to the 2021/22 financial year. This is for local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers and reflects cost pressures and changes in the number of eligible children anticipated at the time of the Spending Review.</p><p>With safety and quality at the heart, as a first step, the department will consult on ratio requirements to give childcare providers more flexibility and autonomy to make decisions about their settings and needs of their children.</p><p>The department recognises the huge contribution the early years workforce makes to giving every child the best start in life. Supporting this workforce continues to be a priority and we are in regular contact with local authorities and sector bodies to understand the pressures on childcare providers, including any issues related to recruitment and retention.</p><p>We are continuing to work proactively with the sector to build our understanding of the situation and how the department might support childcare providers in this area.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/06/2022 16:45:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465501

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Social Care National Implementation Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how membership of the Care Review Implementation Board of experts will be decided.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Implementation Board will include people with experience of leading transformational change and those with their own experience of the care system. We will set out more details about the board in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 8141 question first answered 01/06/2022 16:46:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465502

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Social Care National Implementation Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people will sit on the Care Review Implementation Board of experts.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Implementation Board will include people with experience of leading transformational change and those with their own experience of the care system. We will set out more details about the board in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 8140 question first answered 01/06/2022 16:46:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465503

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the care system in response to the independent review of children's social care.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>On 23 May 2022, the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care published its final recommendations. On the same day, the department set out the actions it is taking to improve children’s social care and committed to publishing a detailed and ambitious implementation strategy in due course.</p><p>As the department develops an implementation strategy, we will consider the recommendations carefully, including cost implications and where legislation might be required.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 8144 8146 question first answered 01/06/2022 16:41:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465504

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of refocusing the care system on early intervention as recommended by the independent review of children's social care.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises how important early help and intervention is to transforming children’s lives. In April we announced a £1 billion package to support vulnerable families, including funding for Family Hubs, investment in the Holiday, Activity and Food programme, and funding so that the Supporting Families programme can work with up to 300,000 more families.</p><p>The department will closely consider the recommendations from the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care’s final report and will set out an implementation strategy by the end of the year, which also takes into account the National Panel Review into the tragic deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, and the Competition and Markets Authority’s study into children’s social care placements.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/06/2022 16:52:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1465509

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has plans to bring forward legislative proposals in response to the independent review of children's social care.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	8144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>On 23 May 2022, the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care published its final recommendations. On the same day, the department set out the actions it is taking to improve children’s social care and committed to publishing a detailed and ambitious implementation strategy in due course.</p><p>As the department develops an implementation strategy, we will consider the recommendations carefully, including cost implications and where legislation might be required.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 8142 8146 question first answered 01/06/2022 16:41:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury