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1051462

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the contribution of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 29 January 2019, Official Report, Column 637, to which (a) initial and (b) final financial year she referred to in relation to official estimates of the change in the number of children in absolute child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	214529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>From 2009/10 to 2016/17, the number of children in absolute poverty fell from 2.5 million to 2.2 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2019 12:23:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1051450

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Irish Sea: Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2001 to Question 144163 on Irish Sea (Pollution), if he will list the pollution incidents involving discharges above 0.01 tonnes in the Irish sea in each of the last 4 years, with the (a) date of the incident, (b) the size of the incident, (c) the name of the company that reported the spill and (d) the name of the company responsible in each case.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	214511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not recorded in a format that could easily be extracted from or readily available, and it could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/02/2019 12:14:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1051211

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to increase the number of career opportunities for young people in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	908817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to increasing opportunities for all, and ensuring every young person in Northern Ireland is able to fulfill their potential.</p><p> </p><p>Our Industrial Strategy is helping provide employment opportunities for young people by supporting businesses to thrive and grow. Overall employment in Northern Ireland is at a record high and youth unemployment has dropped by over 10% since 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/01/2019 15:22:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1051380

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Curriculum: Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirements there are for schools to offer as part of the curriculum (a) football and (b) rugby; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	214459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government wants all young people to leave formal education as happy, confident and well-rounded individuals. Exercise and organised sport such as football and rugby can play a huge part in children’s personal resilience and emotional wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>Physical education (PE) is a compulsory subject at all four key stages in the national curriculum. Schools have the freedom to offer sports that interest and engage their pupils. There is a greater focus on competitive sport in PE lessons and we know that many schools offer their pupils rugby and football as part of their curricular and extra-curricular sport offer. Details of the national curriculum requirements can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Through the primary PE and sport premium, the government has invested over £1 billion of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport since 2013.Through the School Sport Action Plan, which will be published in the Spring, the government will work with national governing bodies of sport and local community sport clubs to make it easier for pupils to take part in sports, and this will include football and rugby.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/02/2019 14:34:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1051340

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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	Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Tomography
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department had with Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust in advance of the decision by that Trust to outsource the process of reading CT scans.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	214455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We have not had any discussions with the Trust. It is for trusts to decide the best way of delivering services.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 04/02/2019 15:00:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1051455

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Eritrea: Ethiopia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	214458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>​The United Kingdom warmly welcomes the improvement in relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and supported the lifting of UN sanctions on Eritrea in November 2018. We are working with the region and our international partners to facilitate further progress, including by seeking to identify practical ways to support improved ties and trade.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/02/2019 16:04:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1051433

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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, with reference to the January 2019 NAO report Pressures on children's social care, whether his Department plans to commission research using the individual child-level data that it holds into the factors that drive demand for children’s social care.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	214565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2011, we have been improving and expanding our data collections. We are carrying out further research on the drivers of demand and variation within and between local authorities, using individual child-level data.</p><p>The department is also working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the sector as part of the review of relative needs and resources, to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services to ensure funding distribution to councils is based on the best available evidence.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome research approaches, such as the work National Audit Office has undertaken, that enhance our data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/02/2019 14:36:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1051434

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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 his Department has identified a level of local variation which is acceptable in the amount of money spent per child in need; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	214566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>We publish information on the average spend per child in need, by local authority, in the local authority interactive tool. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This shows a number of unit cost calculations relating to the children in need population, including total annual local authority expenditure on looked after children divided by the number of looked after children and total annual local authority expenditure on social work and commissioning divided by the total number of children in need.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of factors that will lead to variation in the amount of money spent per child, including the needs and circumstances of the children supported and accommodated. These factors will influence the services provided to children and the cost of their accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/02/2019 14:30:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1051216

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress has been made on the consultation on addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland's past.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
	uin	908815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The public consultation was launched on 11 May and ran for 21 weeks. The Government engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, victims’ and survivors’ groups, political parties, community groups and others, and attended over 30 events to promote it. We are carefully considering all the views received from over 17,000 responses and will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/01/2019 15:21:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1051392

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) post-mortem investigations and (b) inquests were undertaken by coroners into deaths in assessment and treatment units in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	214635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice collates statistics on the number of inquests and post-mortem investigations commissioned and publishes these annually. They can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011 deaths of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been separately recorded along with deaths in other forms of state detention and custody. However, with this exception deaths are not otherwise sub-categorised by location and the number of deaths of voluntary patients in treatment and assessment units is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/02/2019 13:53:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds