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896241

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he made of the change in the number of children entering the care system since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	140794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>We monitor the number of children entering the care system on an ongoing basis and information showing the change in the number of children entering the care system for the period since 2010 is provided in the table attached.</p><p>Further breakdowns of children who started to be looked after can be found in Table C1 of the statistical first release 'Children Looked After in England including Adoption: 2016 to 2017' at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>We set out our vision for delivering excellent children’s social care in ‘Putting Children First’. This outlines our reform programme which seeks to: improve the quality of social work practice; create systems and environments where great social work can flourish; promote learning and multi-agency working where all involved in supporting children and families can work together; and support children who both enter and leave the care system. The reforms are designed to ensure that all vulnerable children and families receive the highest-quality care and support. We have invested over £200 million through the Innovation Programme to test and develop better practice, including testing approaches to help vulnerable children to remain safely at home.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/05/2018 16:43:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 140794_Change_in_the_number_of_children_entering_the_care_system.doc title 140794_Children_entering_the_care_system
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

896249

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Arts: Northern Ireland
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 plans he has to visit Northern Ireland to meet with representatives of the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	140617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has no current plans to visit Northern Ireland. However he is constantly reviewing his regional visits programme.</p><p> </p><p>Creative industries policy is a devolved matter. Members of the Devolved Administrations attend meetings of the Creative Industries Council, which the Secretary of State co-Chairs.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with Northern Ireland on creative industries policy through DCMS’s participation in the British-Irish Council creative industries workstream.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

896255

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Dyspraxia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative estimate he has made of the number of school children with dyspraxia who are subject to Education Health Care Plans and those with statements under the previous SEN and learning difficulties assessments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	140756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), including the type of need in the annual ‘Special educational needs in England’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Pupils with SEN are recorded according to their primary type of need. The current types of need were defined in 2015 and do not include a specific breakdown for dyspraxia alone. These cases are expected to be recorded under ‘Specific Learning Disability’. No estimates of the number of children with dyspraxia within this category have been made. Hearing Impairment is included as a type of need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table attached shows a breakdown of the number of pupils by each primary type of need available for the last five years (as at January each year).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 140763 question first answered 14/05/2018 16:52:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 140756_140763_Number_of_pupils_by_each_primary_type_of_need_available_for_the_last_five_years.doc title 140756_140763_Number_of_pupils_by_type_of_need
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

896256

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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: Dyspraxia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job seekers diagnosed with (a) dyspraxia and (b) other neurodivergent conditions have been sanctioned for failure to submit (i) paperwork or (ii) online documentation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	140757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Sanctions are only used in a minority of cases and when people fail to meet their conditionality requirements without good reason. When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence they provide, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted. Claimants can send paperwork and online documentation to be considered as part of this process but not submitting this is not, in itself, a reason for a sanction.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes quarterly statistics on Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions, including a breakdown by sanction referral reason, as part of the Benefit Sanction Statistics publication, which can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 140767 140772 141036 141037 question first answered 14/05/2018 11:50:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

896258

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Profits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of all energy network companies refunding excess profits to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	140693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Energy network regulation, including the setting of price controls, is a matter for Ofgem as the independent energy regulator and, by law, Government has no role in this process.</p><p> </p><p>The current price control, RIIO-1, has led to significant benefits for consumers with gain share mechanisms resulting in savings worth over £5 billion. As part of this some companies have made voluntary returns of revenue, reflecting changes in investment that were planned at the start of the price controls but are now no longer required. Ofgem estimates that these returns will result in benefits to consumers worth more than £700 million.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/05/2018 16:21:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

896263

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Registered Intermediaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of intermediaries were used for (a) witnesses, (b) victims and (c) defendants in the latest year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the Witness Intermediary Scheme and does not hold data on the broader use of non-registered intermediaries, many of whom help defendants. Registered Intermediaries employed by the Witness Intermediary Scheme supported 6,245 people last year: 92% of whom were victims; 8% of whom were witnesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/05/2018 16:51:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896264

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) absconds and (b) escapes from prison occurred in each month of the most recent year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>Mar-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absconds</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Escapes</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS (formerly NOMS) Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority and we take escapes and absconds from custody extremely seriously. Less than two per cent of offenders in open prison abscond, and the overall number of absconds has halved since 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p>Those who do abscond are returned to closed prisons where they may have to serve additional time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 16:56:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896265

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders serving a sentence for murder (a) absconded and (b) escaped in the last year for which data is available; and what the circumstances were in which each of those offenders absconded or escaped.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17 there were 4 absconds and 2 escapes of offenders serving a sentence for murder. For the two offenders who escaped, the circumstances involved escape from hospital escort.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS (formerly NOMS) Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority and we take escapes and absconds from custody extremely seriously. Escapes are extremely rare and escaped prisoners recaptured by police face prosecution and on return to prison their categorisation is reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>Less than two per cent of offenders abscond from open prison, and the overall number of absconds has halved since 2011/12. But whilst absconds are rare, we are not complacent and carefully risk assess all offenders before they move to open prisons. Those who do abscond are returned to closed prisons where they may have to serve additional time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896266

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in open prisons as of 1 May 2018 have previously (a) absconded or failed to return to prison or (b) breached the conditions of their temporary licence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>On 31 March 2018 there were 5,092 prisoners recorded as being in open prisons. Three (0.06%) of those prisoners were recorded as having absconded between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2017, and 75 (1.47%) were recorded as having breached the conditions of their temporary release licence (including failure to return) between 1 April 2010 and 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data on escapes and absconds, prior to 1 April 2010 could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost due to changes in recording practice.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on prison population, absconds and temporary release failures are published at different frequencies, and therefore data for each are available for different time periods. In answering this question, we have provided the latest published information in each area</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896267

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offences in West Yorkshire were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders in West Yorkshire committed offences while on bail during the most recent year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The most recent year for which information is available is 2016.The attached table provides information on (a) the total number of offences for which offenders were convicted or cautioned while on bail by the West Yorkshire police force and (b) the total number of offenders convicted or cautioned while on bail by the West Yorkshire police force.</p><p>This data may indicate that from 2012 to 2016 there was a decrease in the numbers of offences committed by offenders on bail in West Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 140681.XLSX title Table PQ 140681
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies