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774371

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to enable refugees and asylum seekers to access legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Our legal aid system is a fundamental pillar of access to justice; that is why we have made sure that legal aid continues to be available for the most vulnerable in our society and for the most serious cases. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 provides for legal aid to be available, among other matters, for asylum cases, immigration detention, immigration applications and appeals in cases of human trafficking and modern slavery, subject to a test of the applicant’s financial means and the merits of their case.</p><p>This government is absolutely committed to ensuring access to justice, and it will remain at the heart of our reforms.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 31/10/2017 17:09:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

773918

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to adult social care in (a) Kirklees, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities' expenditure on services, including on Adult Social Care for previous years, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a><br> <br> Councils have also been able to add a precept for adult social care onto their council tax, which most of them have done. <br> <br> Local authority expenditure is funded through a range of income sources including government grants, council tax, business rates and fees and charges. Many government grants are not ring-fenced, leaving local authorities to determine how much is spent on different services. <br> <br> However, the Government has provided specific funding to councils for adult social care in recent years, most noticeably through the improved Better Care Fund which was supplemented by the additional £2 billion announced at Spring Budget 2017. Details of individual council allocations of the Spring Budget funding can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care</a><br> <br> Details of the original improved Better Care Fund allocations along with the potential revenue from the precept (as announced at SR15) can be found with core spending power tables published with the LGFS - <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2017-to-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/10/2017 14:00:56 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

773951

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to increase the number of girls participating in STEM subjects after the age of 16.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of girls taking science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) A Levels has increased by 20% since 2010 and we are closing the gap between males and females in some subjects (chemistry, biology, mathematics and computing). The Department recognises that we need to do more to increase the number of girls participating in STEM subjects. The Department runs a number of projects to improve participation. For example, we are funding the Stimulating Physics Network to improve the take up of A level physics, particularly by girls. The Department announced a new Level 3 Maths Support Programme, worth £16m over two years, which will be required to raise the participation of girls in A level mathematics and further mathematics, and we continue to fund support to schools to improve the quality of teaching in mathematics, computing and science in primary and secondary schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is taking action to improve STEM participation throughout the education pipeline. For example, in Higher Education we have seen applications from women to engineering, computer science and maths degrees rise since 2013 but, we know there is more that we can do. From the 2018/19 academic year, we are introducing maintenance loans available for part-time undergraduate students to help with living costs, which we anticipate will help widen participation.</p><p> </p><p>We are raising awareness amongst children of the range of careers that science and technical qualifications offer, and providing stimulating scientific activities to increase their interest in STEM subjects. This includes the STEM Ambassadors programme, a nationwide network of over 30,000 volunteers, 42% of whom are women, from a range of employers, who work with schools across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/10/2017 12:51:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

773962

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Floods: Colne Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) residential properties and (b) businesses have been flooded in the Colne Valley in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Kirklees Council has advised the Environment Agency that approximately 20 residential properties and one business have been flooded in the Colne Valley since 2010. This includes flooding from all sources.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/10/2017 16:32:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

773979

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Climate Change Convention
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 has recently taken to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office supports international implementation of the Paris Agreement through our ministers, diplomatic network and the Foreign Secretary’s Climate Change Envoy. This includes pressing for continued political commitment, providing advice and assistance to other countries in meeting their Nationally Determined Contributions, and promoting UK best practice. Building on the Government’s climate policy framework, the Clean Growth Strategy has given us a further set of policies to action and influence others.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/10/2017 13:39:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

774060

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of the recent changes in neighbourhood policing levels on the police's ability to protect vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that it is crucial that the police have the right resources, capabilities and powers to keep the public safe. We have provided millions of pounds of extra investment through the Police Transformation Fund to transform policing to respond to changing crimes and threats including crimes against vulnerable people such as child sexual abuse.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015 Spending Review protected overall police spending in real terms. We are undertaking a programme of engagement with the police to understand the impact of changing demands<strong>, </strong>and to hear how the police are managing these. That includes what more can be done to improve productivity and efficiency, reduce bureaucracy, and make prudent use of financial reserves.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/10/2017 13:52:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

774137

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Broadband: Colne Valley
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 she has to improve superfast broadband coverage in Colne Valley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	108749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Colne Valley constituency falls within the area of BDUK partner 'Superfast West Yorkshire'. It is this local body who are responsible for managing superfast rollout in West Yorkshire. For further details of their plan, please contact the project directly https://www.superfastwestyorkshire.co.uk/</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/10/2017 11:36:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

768058

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the schools budget spent on supply teachers in (a) Kirklees, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	106831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on spending specifically as a proportion of the school budget, but does hold information on the amount spent by schools on supply teaching staff (including such costs as insurance and agency fees) as a proportion of total expenditure by schools. We publish these data annually at:</p><p>Local authority maintained schools on the Department’s School and College Performance website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables</a>, and</p><p>Academies in the Department’s Statistical First Release <em>Income and expenditure in academies in England</em>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The published data are at school-level, including a filter to identify local authority such as Kirklees and those in West Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/10/2017 12:47:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

767428

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce homelessness in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Kirklees and (d) Colne Valley.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	106751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to preventing and reducing homelessness in England. That is why we are aiming to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. We will set up a rough sleeping and homelessness taskforce and pilot a Housing First approach to tackle rough sleeping.</p><p>We are implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, to prevent people becoming homeless in the first place by ensuring more people get the help they need earlier.</p><p>We are also investing over £550 million until 2020 to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping, including through our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme. This is supporting 84 projects working across England to deliver an end-to-end approach to homelessness prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/10/2017 10:14:06 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

767468

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nationals of other EU member states work in schools in (a) Kirklees, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	106754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/10/2017 16:28:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker