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1122559

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking through the Government Digital Service to tackle the spread of fake news.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	910479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p><strong>Last year we launched the Rapid Response Unit to help government understand the increasingly complex online news environment, tackle false information (both misinformation and disinformation), and promote a fact-based public debate. To note, this work sits within the Government Communication Service, rather than the Government Digital Service.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/04/2019 15:11:35 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121356

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2019 to Question 234235 on Families: Disadvantaged, how many children supported by the troubled families programme have subsequently been taken into care.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Troubled Families Programme is designed to help families with complex needs achieve better outcomes, such as avoiding children being taken into care, by addressing all the underlying problems faced by family members. A single keyworker works with the whole family to agree goals against their problems which can include poor health, drug and alcohol use, domestic abuse, crime, anti-social behaviour, poor school attendance and financial exclusion. When compared to a matched comparison group, the programme was found to have reduced the proportion of children on the programme going into care by a third</p><p><br> However, the safeguarding of children is always the primary concern and there will sometimes be occasions when, despite the support offered to a family, a child has to be taken into care in order to keep them safe. The national evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme shows that approximately 1.7 per cent of children who have been supported by the Troubled Families Programme were in care 19-24 months after they started the programme. Approximately 500,000 children have received support through the Troubled Families Programme, therefore around 8,500 were in care between 19-24 months after the programme began (These figures are estimates and should be treated as indicative only).</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2019 10:19:31 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121362

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2019 to Question 234235 on Families: Disadvantaged, what the average length of time is for a family to receive support from the troubled families programme; and how many families have fallen out of the troubled families programme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Looking at families where programme start and end data is available, we find that on average, families spend approximately 8 months (259 days) on the programme. However, it is worth noting that, because the Troubled Families Programme is designed to provide support which is tailored to each families’ individual needs, the length of time and type of support provided will vary considerably from family to family.</p><p>Some families do leave the programme prematurely; they might disengage or move to another local authority for example. Comprehensive data is not held centrally, but these numbers are tracked locally.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2019 10:20:03 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121369

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has allocated to the marriage allowance; and how many (a) married couples and (b) couples in civil partnerships received that allowance in each year since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no specific funding allocated to this relief, and therefore no under-spend. Anyone who is eligible for the Marriage Allowance (MA) will receive it if they apply.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the number of couples who have benefitted from MA are being updated following the end of 2018-19 tax year.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 244099 question first answered 23/04/2019 15:37:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121370

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the under-spend in the marriage allowance budget in each year since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no specific funding allocated to this relief, and therefore no under-spend. Anyone who is eligible for the Marriage Allowance (MA) will receive it if they apply.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the number of couples who have benefitted from MA are being updated following the end of 2018-19 tax year.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 244098 question first answered 23/04/2019 15:37:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121371

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of funding allocated to the married couples allowance in each year up to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no specific funding allocated to this relief, anyone who is eligible for Married Couples Allowance will receive it if they apply.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the Married Couples Allowance (MCA) for the years up to the current tax year in their “Estimated costs of principal tax reliefs” publication, available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of the MCA is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Estimated costs beyond 2018-19 have been modelled based on projections using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. These extend as far as the tax year 2023-24, so this is the final year for which figures are provided.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2019-20</em></p></td><td><p><em>2020-21</em></p></td><td><p><em>2021-22</em></p></td><td><p><em>2022-23</em></p></td><td><p><em>2023-24</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>130</em></p></td><td><p><em>105</em></p></td><td><p><em>85</em></p></td><td><p><em>65</em></p></td><td><p><em>55</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All estimates are based on the 2015-16 Survey of Personal Incomes projected using economic assumptions consistent with the OBR’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2019 15:45:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121373

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Care Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and proportion of cases before the family courts in England involve women who have been subject to previous care proceedings involving another child in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on cases before the family courts that involve women who have been the subject of previous care proceedings involving another child.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 15:38:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121374

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Care Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of a care proceeding before the family courts in each of the last 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s latest estimates of the average cost (rounded to the nearest £10) of a public law case before the family courts, covering both the issue and hearing stages, are:</p><p>2017/18 £4,180</p><p>2016/17 £3,790</p><p>2015/16 £4,270</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 15:39:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121383

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of two-year olds eligible for 15 funded hours of early education and care have taken up that entitlement in each local authority area in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The percentage of 2-year-olds benefitting from funded early education by local authority in each of the last 3 years is published in Table 8LA of the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age’ statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018</a>.</p><p>The number of 2-year-olds benefitting from funded early education by local authority is published in Table 1LA of the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age’ statistical release.</p><p><br> As at January 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As at January 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As at January 2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2019 13:51:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121384

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of total funding on the funded early education offer for (a) two, (b) three and (c) four year olds is spent in (i) PVI settings, (ii) maintained settings and (iii) childminder settings in the latest year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	244104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>​We plan to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone – more than any other government.</p><p>The department publishes data from local authority planned early years budget in the early years funding benchmarking tool.</p><p>The tool provides a breakdown of spend by early years provider types, including budget information for private, voluntary and independent (PVI) setting and maintained settings for 2 year olds and 3-4 year olds.</p><p>Budget information for childminders are included within the PVI total budget. The data is as reported by the local authorities and the latest data from 2018-19 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2019 12:24:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell