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1047708

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure that 16 and 17 year olds in the care system are placed in suitable accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	212412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The majority of children in care aged 16 or 17 are either placed in foster care or live in a children’s home, both of which are regulated by Ofsted. However, the Children Act (1989) allows local authorities to use ‘other accommodation’ (such as supported lodgings; semi-independent accommodation; hostels; or foyers), if the local authority judges that the young person’s needs will best be met by this type of placement.</p><p> </p><p>In many cases, semi-independent accommodation provides an effective way for young people preparing to or leaving care to make a gradual transition to independence instead of placing them straight into an independent tenancy.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for commissioning a range of accommodation that meets the needs of young people in or leaving care and must ensure that accommodation used to house them is ‘suitable’. ‘Suitable accommodation’ is defined in Chapter 7 of the Children Act (1989) Volume 3 statutory guidance, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>​The government ensures that local authorities are held to account for the quality of the accommodation they provide to care leavers through Ofsted inspections of children’s services and challenge poor practices when identified by Ofsted.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 212413 question first answered 29/01/2019 17:44:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1047709

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of the current regulation of independent living arrangements for young people in the care system.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	212413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The majority of children in care aged 16 or 17 are either placed in foster care or live in a children’s home, both of which are regulated by Ofsted. However, the Children Act (1989) allows local authorities to use ‘other accommodation’ (such as supported lodgings; semi-independent accommodation; hostels; or foyers), if the local authority judges that the young person’s needs will best be met by this type of placement.</p><p> </p><p>In many cases, semi-independent accommodation provides an effective way for young people preparing to or leaving care to make a gradual transition to independence instead of placing them straight into an independent tenancy.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for commissioning a range of accommodation that meets the needs of young people in or leaving care and must ensure that accommodation used to house them is ‘suitable’. ‘Suitable accommodation’ is defined in Chapter 7 of the Children Act (1989) Volume 3 statutory guidance, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397649/CA1989_Transitions_guidance.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>​The government ensures that local authorities are held to account for the quality of the accommodation they provide to care leavers through Ofsted inspections of children’s services and challenge poor practices when identified by Ofsted.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 212412 question first answered 29/01/2019 17:44:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1047710

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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 plans his Department has made to support local authorities with the number of young people entering the care system.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	212414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an extra £410 million to address pressures on social care services, along with £84 million over five years to support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice and decision-making, enabling them to work more effectively with the most vulnerable children and their families.</p><p>This builds on the £200 billion government has already made available to councils up to 2020 to provide services in the best interests of local residents, including those for children and young people.</p><p>In residential care we are investing part of our £200 million children’s social care innovation programme to three projects to increase councils’ capacity and ensure more young people can be matched to the right care placement. We have also recently provided grant funding to three local authorities to conduct feasibility studies into opening new secure provision to increase available capacity and continue to invest in the secure estate through our £40 million capital programme.</p><p>We will shortly be providing seed funding to fostering partnerships to increase sufficiency of foster parents. As part of our digital discovery, we are exploring whether, and how, digital solutions could help give a more accurate picture of fostering capacity both locally and nationally, to drive targeted recruitment and improve streamline vacancy management.</p><p>We know that local authorities have experienced an increase in the numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) who have particular care needs. That is why, in the 2017 UASC safeguarding strategy, we committed to providing 1,000 training places for foster carers and support workers who care for UASC. We commissioned the Refugee Council to deliver this training across England and training is now underway across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/01/2019 17:40:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1047711

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2018 to Question 199462 on Refugees: Children, how the £3.6M development fund will be spent; and whether his Department has identified specific projects for that funding.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	212415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK and France enjoy a special relationship based on shared values and priorities, including promoting the rule of law, protecting the rights of individuals and ensuring the security of our citizens. In January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty, which included a funding package of £45.5 million to fund joint co-operation on all elements of tackling the impact of illegal migration in northern France. Within this package, £3.6 million was specifically allocated to funding the development of the Dublin process to support transfers of eligible children to the UK, including training for those working with unaccompanied children, family tracing and targeted information campaigns.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2019 14:28:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1046819

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the proposals in the NHS Long Term Plan for online GP appointments, what steps his Department is taking to ensure health services remain accessible to people without internet access.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	211831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Online appointments are being developed to enhance and support existing general practice services and will give patients more choice on how they access services. This approach is in addition to not a substitute for more traditional ways of seeing a general practitioner or nurse at a patient’s own registered practice. Patients who do not wish to use this way of accessing services are still able to get a face to face or telephone appointments.</p><p> </p><p>Everyone across the country can now also access general practice appointments in the evenings and weekends, which will provide an estimated nine million additional appointments per year. This means that patients can see a doctor, nurse or other member of the practice team at a time that is convenient to them, 365 days per years including on bank holidays.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:12:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1046820

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the provision of social housing through the planning process of changes in 2018 to the National Planning Policy Framework.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	211832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework will support councils and developers in delivering more homes, of better quality, more quickly – including social housing - to meet identified needs. It creates new opportunities to bring social housing forward and cater for a range of affordable housing needs. We will continue to monitor social housing completions.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/01/2019 11:18:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 97885 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1046821

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of social homes built in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	211833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of new build affordable homes completions by tenure, including social rent, can be found in Live Table 1009 in the link below:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/01/2019 15:25:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1046822

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of social homes in new developments in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	211834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the number of new build affordable homes completions in live table 1009, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p><p>The Department also publishes the number of new build completions in live table 120, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/01/2019 15:25:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1046823

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of social homes granted planning permission in (a) Lambeth, (b) Southwark, (c) Greater London and (d) England in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	211835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of affordable units granted final planning permission during 2017-18 by local authority and tenure, are reported to the department in question 10, Section I of the Local Authority Housing Statistics, which can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>The London Development Database (LDD) records more detailed information on significant planning permissions in London. The data is entered by London's planning authorities, and is checked by the GLA to ensure consistency across London. <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/planning-permissions-on-the-london-development-database--ldd-" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/planning-permissions-on-the-london-development-database--ldd-</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/01/2019 17:05:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1045927

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the number of places on the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact Trial so that no one who could benefit from PrEP is denied that opportunity.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	211216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) impact trial. NHS England has announced it supports expansion of the trial and we are actively considering the next steps in relation to PrEP.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made any assessment of the number of people that will be infected with HIV as a result of being unable to access the trial. Where centres are closed to recruitment there are arrangements in place to re-direct people to other trial centres.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 211217 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:14:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes