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1522812

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date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools can continue to supply essential classroom materials in the context of increases to the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government has invested significantly in schools funding, which will help schools manage their costs. Overall, core schools funding (including funding for both mainstream schools and high needs) is increasing by £4 billion in the 2022/23 financial year, compared to the previous year.</p><p>Schools will also benefit from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which is running from 1 October 2022 until at least 31 March 2023. This will reduce how much schools will need to spend on their energy and give schools greater certainty over their budgets over the winter months. The details of the scheme can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers</a>.</p><p>HM Treasury will lead a review to consider how to support households and businesses, including schools, with energy bills from April 2023.</p><p>The Department established Oak National Academy as its new arm’s length curriculum body on 1 September 2022, providing schools with continued access to completely optional, free, adaptable curriculum resources.</p><p>The Department’s Schools Resource Management offer also includes a free range of practical tools and information to help all schools unlock efficiencies which they can then reinvest based on their own priorities. Further information can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>.</p><p>It is for Head Teachers to decide how best to manage their budgets, as they know best how to support the needs of their pupils with the budget available. The Department knows that every school’s circumstances are different. If schools are in serious financial difficulty, they should contact their local authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 24/10/2022 17:05:27 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522813

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	General Practitioners: Recruitment
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 the Government is taking to meet its target of recruiting an additional 6,000 GPs by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are working with NHS England and Health Education England to increase recruitment in the general practitioner (GP) workforce, address the reasons why doctors leave the profession, and encourage them to return to practice. We have also increased the number of GP training places to 4,000 per year. In 2020, the updated GP Contract Framework announced new retention schemes in addition to continued support for existing schemes for the general practice workforce.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2022 14:13:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522814

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Memory Clinics: Staff
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 people work in Memory Assessment Services in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/10/2022 15:52:11 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522815

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Memory Clinics: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of additional members of staff Memory Assessment Services will require to (a) clear the backlog of referrals to Memory Assessment Services and (b) recover the dementia diagnosis rate in England to the national target rate of 66.7%.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/10/2022 08:43:34 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 25570 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522823

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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, whether her Department has taken steps to ensure that people without smartphones or internet access can buy train tickets when ticket offices and machines are closed at train stations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to remove ticket machines from stations.</p><p> </p><p>Passengers should have access to a ticketing system which is user-friendly, where help and advice from a trained representative is available and is accessible to all.</p><p> </p><p>While no final decision has been taken on ticket offices, station staff will still provide face-to-face services on the railways, which can be crucial for those who need additional support. This includes those who cannot or do not want to use contactless or mobile tickets and instead wish to purchase a ticket at the station.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2022 08:41:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522824

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Care homes: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support will be available to pensioners living in care homes in the event that the cost of care home accommodation rises in response to increases to the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities provide means-tested financial support to adults unable to meet the full costs of their care. In 2021/2022, 199,000 people aged over 65 years old in care homes were supported by the local authority.</p><p>On 26 May 2022, the Government announced measures to assist with the rising cost of living. To ensure this is available to individuals receiving social care, we laid regulations to allow the sums awarded to be disregarded when a mean-tested financial assessment is undertaken by local authorities to determine the contribution towards care costs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/11/2022 12:28:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 25907 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522945

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organisation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the UK Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not being considered for proscription. The UK has over 200 sanctions designations in place against Iran, which aim to address the IRGC’s destabilising and unacceptable activities. On the 10<sup>th</sup> October, the UK imposed sanctions on five leading political and security officials in Iran, including Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij force.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/10/2022 08:22:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522973

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing free off-peak bus travel for people over 60 in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Funding the concessionary bus pass costs around £1 billion annually and any changes would have an impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability.</p><p>In England, the age of eligibility for the concessionary bus pass is linked to the state pension age. This addresses the anomalous position of non-disabled, working age citizens receiving free bus buses, which in turn supports the financial sustainability of the scheme. There are no current plans to change the concessionary bus travel age of eligibility in England.</p><p>However, concessionary travel legislation gives local authorities the flexibility to offer local travel concessions, such as reducing the eligible age for a bus pass to 60.The additional concessions above the statutory minimum are not funded by central Government but by their own local resources.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/10/2022 12:05:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522975

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Palestinians: Textbooks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the Review of 2022 UNRWA-Produced Study Materials in the Palestinian Territories published by IMPACT-se in July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has zero tolerance towards incitement of violence. We are aware of the recent Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE) report and raised with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) directly. We are longstanding supporters of UNRWA and their work to provide essential services to Palestinian refugees across the region, including in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). We accompany our support for UNRWA with stringent attention to implementation of their neutrality policy, including how they apply this to the learning material UNRWA produces in the OPTs to ensure they reflect UN values.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/10/2022 16:36:53 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1522976

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Palestinians: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the UK last reviewed compliance with its partnership principles with the Palestinian Authority.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Following a review in December 2021, FCDO's assessment is that the Palestinian Authority (PA) demonstrates a partially credible commitment to the Partnership Principles. There is relatively strong progress on improving public financial management and a continued commitment to delivering effective services and reducing poverty, despite the challenges of the occupation. However, cases of abuses of human rights and restrictions on freedom of expression continue and there is a need for greater action to strengthen human rights protection and increase domestic accountability in areas within the PA's control. The UK continues to monitor these issues closely, and raise them at the highest levels of the PA.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/10/2022 16:43:55 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe