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1663420

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date	13/10/2023
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	Ambulance Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the average ambulance response time to category two incidents is at least 30 minutes by the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	201274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Our ‘Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services’ aims to reduce Category 2 response times to 30 minutes on average this year with further improvements towards pre-pandemic levels next year.</p><p>To grow capacity and improve response times, ambulance services are receiving £200 million of additional funding this year. This is alongside over 800 new dual-crewed ambulances and specialist mental health vehicles.</p><p>The delivery plan will also add 5,000 more permanent hospital beds this winter, supported by £1 billion of dedicated funding. This is alongside £1.6 billion of funding for social care to reduce the numbers of beds occupied by patients ready to be discharged. These measures will improve patient flow through hospitals, reducing crowding in accident and emergency and cutting down on delays in ambulances handing over patients so they can quickly get back on the roads.</p><p>We have seen significant improvements in performance, with average Category 2 response times in September over 10 minutes faster than the same month last year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/10/2023 15:41:31 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1652541

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Leeds East on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of passenger rail travel in Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	193792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>When proposing major changes to ticket office opening hours, including closures, operators are required to take into account the adequacy of the proposed alternatives in relation to the needs of all passengers; and to include this in the notice of the proposal sent to other operators and passenger groups. We would also expect operators to consider other equality related needs and make this clear in the notice sent to other operators and passenger groups.</p><p> </p><p>Together with industry, we want to improve and modernise the passenger experience by moving staff out from ticket offices to provide more help and advice in customer focused roles. No currently staffed station will be unstaffed as a result of industry changes, and train operators will ensure staff are well located to meet passenger needs in future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 19/07/2023 09:49:34 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1645108

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the total number of years' experience held by all state (a) primary, and (b) secondary teachers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in England is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>This publication includes information on teacher retention by length in service. Information on the total number of years of experience of teachers is not currently available. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/06/2023 11:15:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1645109

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
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	Health Professions
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 make an estimate of the total number of years' experience held by all NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collected.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2023 16:30:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1644228

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been employed by his Department to investigate suspected benefit fraud in each year since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below provides the average staffing (full-time equivalent) utilised for investigating benefit fraud for the years requested.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average staff </strong><strong>(full-time equivalent)</strong><strong> investigating benefit fraud</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1359.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1245.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1358.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>128.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>543.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1022.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24*</p></td><td><p>1076.6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>*Average (full-time equivalent) over April and May 2023</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For years 2020-21 and 2021-22, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted DWP’s Fraud Investigation Service, with large numbers of staff redeployed to support the unprecedented demand for financial support.</p><p> </p><p>These numbers do not include our Compliance staff, who carry out robust and challenging interviews to ensure benefit claimants receive their correct entitlement, nor staff employed on preventative fraud work, for example our Enhanced Review Team, who are delivering significant savings for the Department as part of our shift to disrupting fraud at the outset.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our fraud plan, ‘Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System’, published May 2022, sets out our plans to recruit additional staff into our counter-fraud teams, and we continue to recruit and train new fraud investigators in order to maximise our headcount post Covid. It should be noted that training an investigator can take anywhere between 12 and 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/06/2023 14:49:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1644241

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked in HMRC's Wealthy Team in (a) 2022-23 and (b) each year since its founding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>HMRC’s Wealthy teams were formed in April 2017, a merger of the previous High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams.</p><p> </p><p>The tax affairs of Wealthy customers can be complex and the staff in HMRC’s Wealthy unit work with teams across HMRC to tackle non- compliance.</p><p> </p><p>The below table provides the correct number of FTE staff within the WMBC Wealthy Unit broken down by tax year:</p><p> </p><p><strong>FTE staff as at: </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2016 to 2017</p></td><td><p>1,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 to 2018</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 to 2019</p></td><td><p>996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 to 2020</p></td><td><p>953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 to 2021</p></td><td><p>866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 to 2022</p></td><td><p>887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 to 2023</p></td><td><p>1,014</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2023 16:12:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1644243

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked on HMRC's High Risk Wealthy Programme in (a) financial year 2022-23 and (b) each financial year since that programme was created.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>HMRC’s High Risk Wealth Programme (HRWP) is just one of a range of approaches used by HMRC to tackle non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside staff in HMRC’s Wealthy teams, colleagues across HMRC are involved in HRWP including legal and policy specialists with oversight from a cross-directorate steering group.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about the HRWP can be found on the GOV.UK Website here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-hmrc-collects-the-right-tax-from-wealthy-individuals/information-about-the-high-risk-wealth-programme#:~:text=It%20is%20HMRC%20%27s%20duty,within%20the%20wealthy%20customer%20group." target="_blank"><em>Information about the High-Risk Wealth Programme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em></a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/06/2023 15:50:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1644249

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked in HMRC's High Net Worth Unit in (a) 2022-23 and (b) each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>HMRC’s Wealthy teams were formed in April 2017, a merger of the previous High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams.</p><p> </p><p>The tax affairs of Wealthy customers can be complex and the staff in HMRC’s Wealthy unit work with teams across HMRC to tackle non- compliance.</p><p> </p><p>The below table provides the correct number of FTE staff within the WMBC Wealthy Unit broken down by tax year:</p><p> </p><p><strong>FTE staff as at: </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2016 to 2017</p></td><td><p>1,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 to 2018</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 to 2019</p></td><td><p>996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 to 2020</p></td><td><p>953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 to 2021</p></td><td><p>866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 to 2022</p></td><td><p>887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 to 2023</p></td><td><p>1,014</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2023 16:14:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1640169

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the median level of student debt.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	186795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The median amount that full time undergraduate higher education students starting their studies in the 2021/22 academic year are expected to borrow over the course of their studies is £ 41,300. For part time students the corresponding median amount is £6,300.</p><p>This forecast covers borrowers who received loans as English domiciled students studying in the UK, or as EU domiciled students studying in England. Students who do not receive a student loan are not included in the median calculation. The forecast is based on Student Loan Company actual loan outlay data from August 2021 to April 2022. The median contains forecasted loan amounts from April 2022 to July 2028.</p><p>Students will accrue interest on their loans that is not included in the median figure. Repayments are made based on a borrower’s monthly or weekly earnings, not the interest rate or amount borrowed. If a borrower’s income is below the relevant repayment threshold, or a borrower is not earning, repayments will stop. Any outstanding debt, including interest accrued, is written off at the end of the loan term with no detriment to the borrower.</p><p>Full details on the median amount coverage can be found in the table below. Previous forecasts for the mean average total loan amount can be found in Table 1.3 of the ’Student Loan Forecast for England’ publication, which is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/student-loan-forecasts-for-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/student-loan-forecasts-for-england</a>. These forecasts will be updated to use the same data as described above at the end of June 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Median Loan Outlay Amount </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full time Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>£41,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part time Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>£6,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Foot notes:<br>1. Tuition fee cap has been frozen up to and including academic year 2024/25 in these forecasts</p><p>2. Coverage: Borrowers who received loans as English domiciled students studying in the UK or as EU domiciled students studying in England</p><p>3. Students who do not receive a student loan are not included in the median calculation</p><p>4. The forecast is based on actual Student Loan Company loan outlay data from August 2021 to April 2022. The median contains forecasted loan outlay from April 2022 to July 2028.</p><p>5. These figures are restricted to higher education undergraduate loans and do not include Advanced Learner Loans</p><p>6. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 09/06/2023 12:47:38 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1640170

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed by the Government to investigate tax evasion of people with assets worth over £10 million.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	186796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance, evasion, and all other forms of tax non-compliance. HMRC has considerable resources to tackle non-compliance in the tax system, including tax evasion.</p><p> </p><p>Within HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group (CCG), HMRC have dedicated Wealthy Teams with responsibility for tax compliance in this customer segment. As part of their role, they are key to delivering HMRC’s compliance response to evasion.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the work of the Wealthy teams, the most serious non-compliance in the Wealthy customer segment is dealt with by specialist Offshore Corporate and Wealthy (OCW) colleagues in HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service.</p><p> </p><p>For data on the full time equivalent (FTE) employees working in HMRC's Wealthy Teams, I refer the hon member to my answer of 30 January 2023 to PQ UIN 131454 : <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-01-24%2F131454&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPQ.PQMAIL%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C7b4ed846c1014863cd1c08db5205fae0%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638193957984991859%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YJepMUjejQt%2FH%2FExG%2FMNKf%2Bb%2Fg%2B5q08JVmfTUHvzC24%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</em></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/06/2023 07:55:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon