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1138680

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Tribunals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for the Tribunals Service to administer a First-Tier Social Security and Child Support appeal in relation to (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) jobseeker's allowance, (e) tax credits, (f) universal credit in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	276547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Information about the volumes, outcomes, and timeliness of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes and timeliness of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England for the period January – March 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The tables below contain the requested information for (iii) Income Support (IS), (iv) Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant for the period January to March 2019 (the latest period for which data are available)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>IS</p></td><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>Tax Credits<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Average length of time to administer appeals (in weeks) for the period January to March 2019 (the latest period for which data are available)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>IS</p></td><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>Tax Credits<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As at March 2019 (the latest period for which data are available) there were a total of 625 PIP<sup>5</sup> appeals waiting to be listed<sup>6</sup> in the Coventry venue; 4660 in the West Midlands<sup>3</sup>; and 35,091 in England<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1. </sup>Proportion based on the number of cases found in favour of the appellant at a tribunal hearing, as a percentage of the cases heard at a tribunal hearing</p><p><sup>2. </sup>Includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit.</p><p><sup>3. </sup>SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Cases relating to the West Midlands region are attributed to the following SSCS venues: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Coventry, Nuneaton, Stoke, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Worcester.</p><p><sup>4. </sup>Excludes SSCS Scotland Region and Wales Region.</p><p><sup>5. </sup>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals), which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed cases.</p><p><sup>6. </sup>Appeals waiting to be listed are those awaiting a tribunal hearing date, and may include cases previously adjourned, postponed or those waiting to be reheard as directed by the Upper Tribunal.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of fewer than 5</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on benefit entitlement can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including evidence in the form of oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) cannot comment on decisions made by independent tribunal judiciary.</p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has been working with the judiciary to reduce waiting times for appeals and has appointed additional judges and panel members. This includes 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members. In addition, more PIP appeals are being listed per session and case-management “triage” sessions have been introduced, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. All these measures will increase the capacity of the Tribunal, with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to March 2019) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 4.1 million decisions have been made, and of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) to December 2018, 4.1m decisions have been made and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 276546 276548 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:15:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1138679

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Tribunals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the tribunal service in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in relation to (i) personal independence payment, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseeker's allowance, (v) tax credits, (vi) universal credit were successful in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	276546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Information about the volumes, outcomes, and timeliness of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes and timeliness of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England for the period January – March 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The tables below contain the requested information for (iii) Income Support (IS), (iv) Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant for the period January to March 2019 (the latest period for which data are available)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>IS</p></td><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>Tax Credits<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Average length of time to administer appeals (in weeks) for the period January to March 2019 (the latest period for which data are available)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>IS</p></td><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>Tax Credits<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As at March 2019 (the latest period for which data are available) there were a total of 625 PIP<sup>5</sup> appeals waiting to be listed<sup>6</sup> in the Coventry venue; 4660 in the West Midlands<sup>3</sup>; and 35,091 in England<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1. </sup>Proportion based on the number of cases found in favour of the appellant at a tribunal hearing, as a percentage of the cases heard at a tribunal hearing</p><p><sup>2. </sup>Includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit.</p><p><sup>3. </sup>SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Cases relating to the West Midlands region are attributed to the following SSCS venues: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Coventry, Nuneaton, Stoke, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Worcester.</p><p><sup>4. </sup>Excludes SSCS Scotland Region and Wales Region.</p><p><sup>5. </sup>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals), which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed cases.</p><p><sup>6. </sup>Appeals waiting to be listed are those awaiting a tribunal hearing date, and may include cases previously adjourned, postponed or those waiting to be reheard as directed by the Upper Tribunal.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of fewer than 5</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on benefit entitlement can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including evidence in the form of oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) cannot comment on decisions made by independent tribunal judiciary.</p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has been working with the judiciary to reduce waiting times for appeals and has appointed additional judges and panel members. This includes 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members. In addition, more PIP appeals are being listed per session and case-management “triage” sessions have been introduced, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. All these measures will increase the capacity of the Tribunal, with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to March 2019) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 4.1 million decisions have been made, and of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) to December 2018, 4.1m decisions have been made and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 276547 276548 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:15:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1138656

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue (a) capital gains tax and (b) stamp duty have raised for the Exchequer (i) in total quantum terms and (ii) as a proportion of total UK revenue in each year since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	276590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The amount of receipts of (a) capital gains tax and (b) stamp duty received by HMRC (i) in total quantum terms and (ii) as a proportion of total HMRC receipts is shown in the table below for the years 1999-00 to 2018-19. Data before this date is not available in a consistent format.</p><p><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total HMRC Receipts</p></td><td><p>Capital Gains Tax</p></td><td><p><em>Capital Gains Tax as a % of Total HMRC Receipts</em></p></td><td><p>Shares</p></td><td><p>Stamp Duty Land Tax</p></td><td><p>Total Stamp Taxes</p></td><td><p><em>Total Stamp Taxes as a % of Total HMRC Receipts</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>294,177</p></td><td><p>2,122</p></td><td><p><em>0.7%</em></p></td><td><p>3,711</p></td><td><p>3,184</p></td><td><p>6,895</p></td><td><p><em>2.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>315,638</p></td><td><p>3,236</p></td><td><p><em>1.0%</em></p></td><td><p>4,477</p></td><td><p>3,684</p></td><td><p>8,161</p></td><td><p><em>2.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>321,741</p></td><td><p>3,034</p></td><td><p><em>0.9%</em></p></td><td><p>2,852</p></td><td><p>4,132</p></td><td><p>6,984</p></td><td><p><em>2.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>324,725</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td><p><em>0.5%</em></p></td><td><p>2,538</p></td><td><p>5,011</p></td><td><p>7,549</p></td><td><p><em>2.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>347,946</p></td><td><p>2,225</p></td><td><p><em>0.6%</em></p></td><td><p>2,559</p></td><td><p>4,986</p></td><td><p>7,545</p></td><td><p><em>2.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>375,801</p></td><td><p>2,282</p></td><td><p><em>0.6%</em></p></td><td><p>2,715</p></td><td><p>6,251</p></td><td><p>8,966</p></td><td><p><em>2.4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>402,874</p></td><td><p>3,042</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td><td><p>7,454</p></td><td><p>10,918</p></td><td><p><em>2.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>428,629</p></td><td><p>3,830</p></td><td><p><em>0.9%</em></p></td><td><p>3,757</p></td><td><p>9,635</p></td><td><p>13,392</p></td><td><p><em>3.1%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>456,121</p></td><td><p>5,268</p></td><td><p><em>1.2%</em></p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td><td><p>9,958</p></td><td><p>14,124</p></td><td><p><em>3.1%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>445,531</p></td><td><p>7,852</p></td><td><p><em>1.8%</em></p></td><td><p>3,203</p></td><td><p>4,796</p></td><td><p>7,999</p></td><td><p><em>1.8%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>414,920</p></td><td><p>2,491</p></td><td><p><em>0.6%</em></p></td><td><p>3,017</p></td><td><p>4,886</p></td><td><p>7,903</p></td><td><p><em>1.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>453,957</p></td><td><p>3,601</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>2,971</p></td><td><p>5,961</p></td><td><p>8,932</p></td><td><p><em>2.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>472,690</p></td><td><p>4,337</p></td><td><p><em>0.9%</em></p></td><td><p>2,794</p></td><td><p>6,125</p></td><td><p>8,920</p></td><td><p><em>1.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>474,267</p></td><td><p>3,927</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>2,234</p></td><td><p>6,907</p></td><td><p>9,141</p></td><td><p><em>1.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>494,197</p></td><td><p>3,908</p></td><td><p><em>0.8%</em></p></td><td><p>3,108</p></td><td><p>9,273</p></td><td><p>12,381</p></td><td><p><em>2.5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>515,971</p></td><td><p>5,559</p></td><td><p><em>1.1%</em></p></td><td><p>2,926</p></td><td><p>10,738</p></td><td><p>13,664</p></td><td><p><em>2.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>534,306</p></td><td><p>7,060</p></td><td><p><em>1.3%</em></p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>10,682</p></td><td><p>14,002</p></td><td><p><em>2.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>569,394</p></td><td><p>8,561</p></td><td><p><em>1.5%</em></p></td><td><p>3,714</p></td><td><p>11,766</p></td><td><p>15,480</p></td><td><p><em>2.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>593,956</p></td><td><p>7,793</p></td><td><p><em>1.3%</em></p></td><td><p>3,519</p></td><td><p>12,906</p></td><td><p>16,425</p></td><td><p><em>2.8%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>622,890</p></td><td><p>9,242</p></td><td><p><em>1.5%</em></p></td><td><p>3,620</p></td><td><p>11,939</p></td><td><p>15,558</p></td><td><p><em>2.5%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The source for this data is published statistics on HMRC tax receipts and national insurance contributions which are available at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/07/2019 15:42:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1138687

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	NHS: Vacancies
	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 he is taking to help fill vacancies for medical staff in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	276553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to funding for universities to offer an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places for domestic students. The first 630 places were taken up in September 2018 and the remaining additional places will have been made available by universities by 2020/21. By 2020, five new medical schools will have opened in England to help deliver the expansion.</p><p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England and based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p>However, it is the responsibility of National Health Service trusts to have staffing arrangements in place that deliver safe and effective care. This includes recruiting the staff needed to support these levels and meet local needs.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan set out the need to ensure a sustainable overall balance between supply and demand across all staff groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:42:34 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1138690

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	NHS: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals have had vacancies for medical staff unfilled for more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	276555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement does not hold data for the length of time vacancies have been unfilled for, nor does it hold vacancy data for individual hospitals.</p><p>NHS Improvement collects vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p>NHS Digital published the latest NHS Improvement vacancy data which can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---march-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---march-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics</a></p><p>Vacancies are filled by a combination of bank (82,900) and agency staff (28,900). There are more temporary staff than vacancies because bank and agency staff are also used to provide cover for short and long-term sickness absence, and maternity and paternity leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:37:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1138672

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been spent by each school in England on children with special educational needs in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	276598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Children with special educational needs are funded through the schools and high needs national funding formulae, which have been separate since 2013. Local authorities and schools have statutory duties under the Children and Families Act (2014) to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. However, we do not prescribe in detail how local authorities should allocate their high needs funding, or how schools should use their funding.</p><p>The total funding amounts for schools, and for high needs, since 2013 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Schools Funding Amount (billion)</p></td><td><p>High Needs funding Amount (billion)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£30.4</p></td><td><p>£5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£30.7</p></td><td><p>£5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£32.2</p></td><td><p>£5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£32.7</p></td><td><p>£5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£33.1</p></td><td><p>£5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£33.7</p></td><td><p>£6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£34.5</p></td><td><p>£6.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2019 15:36:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1138670

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Highways England have made towards its target of ensuring that the majority of roads with a (a) 1* and (b) 2* safety rating under the EuroRAP3* assessment programme have improved to a 3* rating; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion of the Highways England Strategic Road Network Star Rating Report published on 4 July 2019 that for the funding period 2015-2020 60 per cent of journeys on Highways England’s single carriageways are forecast to be below the three-star road safety benchmark under the EuroRAP/iRAP rating system for the safety of road infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	276544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Road Investment Strategy (RIS 1) 2015 - 2020 has enabled Highways England to deliver unprecedented levels of investment on the strategic road network in England and the star rating system is an assessment tool which Highways England continue to use to assist them in prioritising future investment opportunities. The latest data indicates 95% of our travel will be on roads rated 3* and above by 2020, which exceeds the targrt set in the delivery plan.</p><p> </p><p>On single carriageways Highways England are committed to investing £77 million in improvement schemes by 2020, which is over and above enhancements through routine maintenance such as new road markings, signing and vegetation clearance. Highways England will review the star rating of the network when it is re-evaluated as part of RIS 2. Estimates of star ratings by 2020 are conservative as they do not reflect the impacts or include the results of these designated funds. Travel on single carriageways only accounts for a small proportion of overall traffic on the network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 15:35:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1138631

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will allocate additional funding for local welfare assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	276565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to promote and target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2015-16 identifies a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant, totalling £129.6 million for England. The notional allocation for local welfare provision remains at £129.6 million in England in the Local Government Financial Settlement until 2019/20. There are no plans to ring-fence this notional allocation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 276564 276576 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:11:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1138630

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) fund local welfare assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	276564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to promote and target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2015-16 identifies a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant, totalling £129.6 million for England. The notional allocation for local welfare provision remains at £129.6 million in England in the Local Government Financial Settlement until 2019/20. There are no plans to ring-fence this notional allocation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 276565 276576 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:11:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1138697

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supplementing the Local Welfare Assistance Scheme with a centrally allocated fund.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	276576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 allowed local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to deliver their own local provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities are best placed to decide how to promote and target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2015-16 identifies a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant, totalling £129.6 million for England. The notional allocation for local welfare provision remains at £129.6 million in England in the Local Government Financial Settlement until 2019/20. There are no plans to ring-fence this notional allocation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 276564 276565 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:11:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq