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1339250

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effect of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on Scottish (a) importers and (b) exporters.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	901460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>We have agreed a deal with the EU which delivers for Scotland and the rest of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Our deal provides Scottish businesses with exceptional access to the EU’s market - It is the first time the EU has ever agreed a zero tariffs, zero quota deal.</p><p> </p><p>This provides the right conditions for the Scottish economy to recover from the Covid pandemic and flourish in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banff and Buchan answering member printed David Duguid question first answered 23/06/2021 13:02:28 answering member 4606 label Biography information for David Duguid
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1339251

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of economic support for Scottish businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	901459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is providing continued UK-wide support and security to manage the ongoing impacts of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>One in three jobs in Scotland has been supported by the UK Government’s unprecedented employment support package.</p><p> </p><p>Scottish businesses have benefited from more than £3.4 billion of loans and support driven by UK Government schemes.</p><p> </p><p>We have also provided a much needed boost to Scottish tourism and hospitality with our UK-wide VAT reduction.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 23/06/2021 13:03:54 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1338665

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Policy: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What economic contingency planning his Department has undertaken in the event of a third wave of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	901630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p>We have put in place an economic package of support totalling £352 billion through the furlough and self-employed income support schemes, support for businesses through grants and loans, business rates and VAT relief.</p><p>At the Budget, the Chancellor extended this package of economic support to accommodate even the most cautious view about the time it might take to exit restrictions and to provide certainty and continuity to business. The Government continues to keep all impacts and policies under review.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 901628 901629 901640 question first answered 22/06/2021 13:25:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1338666

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on tackling online financial crime.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	901634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Whilst the FCA is an independent, non-governmental regulator, the Treasury, as the department jointly responsible for economic crime policy with Home Office, is in regular contact with the FCA on matters to do with online financial crime. I can confirm that my officials hold regular discussions with their FCA counterparts on these issues, including on the delivery of the Economic Crime Plan, the prevention of online harms, including financial promotions and online fraud, and issues related to anti-money laundering supervision. In addition, the FCA is a member of the Economic Crime Strategic Board, through which the government, regulators, law enforcement, and industry discuss and drive forward the UK’s overall response to economic crime.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/06/2021 13:27:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1338668

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available to businesses in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	901628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p>We have put in place an economic package of support totalling £352 billion through the furlough and self-employed income support schemes, support for businesses through grants and loans, business rates and VAT relief.</p><p>At the Budget, the Chancellor extended this package of economic support to accommodate even the most cautious view about the time it might take to exit restrictions and to provide certainty and continuity to business. The Government continues to keep all impacts and policies under review.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 901629 901630 901640 question first answered 22/06/2021 13:25:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1338669

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available to businesses in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	901629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has sought to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK.</p><p>We have put in place an economic package of support totalling £352 billion through the furlough and self-employed income support schemes, support for businesses through grants and loans, business rates and VAT relief.</p><p>At the Budget, the Chancellor extended this package of economic support to accommodate even the most cautious view about the time it might take to exit restrictions and to provide certainty and continuity to business. The Government continues to keep all impacts and policies under review.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 901628 901630 901640 question first answered 22/06/2021 13:25:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1338266

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support more young people into technical and further education.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	901527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Skills for Jobs White Paper sets our plans to transform technical education and is focused on giving people the skills they need, in a way that suits them, so they can get great jobs in sectors the economy needs and boost productivity.</p><p>Our reforms will put employers at the heart of the skills system and by 2030, almost all technical courses will be on employer-led standards, ensuring that the education and training people receive are directly linked to the skills needed for jobs.</p><p>We have been raising the quality and prestige of technical education by introducing T Levels, which are a high-quality technical alternative to A levels with an industry placement, and are reforming higher technical education (Level 4/5) to make it a more popular and prestigious choice that provides the skills employers need.</p><p>The Plan for Jobs introduced last year provides a package of support to ensure young people have the skills and training to go on to high quality, secure and fulfilling employment. This includes incentives for employers to take on new apprentices, supporting the largest-ever expansion of Traineeships, giving school and college leavers the opportunity to study high value Level 2 and 3 courses, and funding more vocational training placements to support the delivery of sector-based work academy programme (SWAP) placements.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 21/06/2021 16:41:57 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1338267

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for disadvantaged pupils.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	901526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>All children have had their education disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak, but it is likely that disadvantaged and vulnerable groups will have been hardest hit.</p><p>Since 2011 we have spent more than £20 billion to provide Pupil Premium funding for school leaders to use, based on the needs of their disadvantaged pupils. Between 2011 and 2019, the attainment gaps between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils narrowed by 13% at age 11 and 9% at age 16.</p><p>On top of this funding, we increased core schools funding by £2.6 billion last year and are increasing core schools funding by £4.8 billion and £7.1 billion in 2021-22 and 2022-23 respectively, compared to 2019-20.</p><p>In addition, over the past year we have made three major interventions to support education recovery, totalling over £3 billion additional spend: £1 billion in June 2020, a further £700 million in February 2021 and our latest £1.4 billion package announced in June 2021.</p><p>Recovery programmes have been designed to allow early years, school and college leaders the flexibility to support those pupils most in need, including the most disadvantaged. The latest announcement expands our reforms in two areas where the evidence is clear our investment will have a significant impact for disadvantaged children, high quality tutoring and great teaching.</p><p>We are providing over £1.5 billion for tutoring programmes, including an expansion of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), an ambitious scheme that supports schools to access targeted tutoring intervention for disadvantaged pupils who have missed out on learning due to school closures. We will also provide greater flexibility to schools to make it easier for them to take on local tutors or use existing staff to supplement those employed through the NTP. This new blended offer ensures that the NTP works for all disadvantaged children, giving schools the flexibility to choose what type of approach best suits their needs and those of individual pupils.</p><p>The £302 million Recovery Premium has been weighted so that schools with more disadvantaged pupils receive more funding and includes £22 million to scale up proven approaches to reduce the attainment gap.</p><p>We have also invested more than £400 million to provide internet access and over 1.3 million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 901519 901528 901535 question first answered 21/06/2021 17:09:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1338268

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure that homeless children aged 16 and 17 without family support are accommodated by their local authority as looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	901529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Education and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have issued joint guidance to local authorities which makes clear that children’s services have responsibility for assessing the needs of 16 and 17 year olds who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness and that, if they need to be accommodated, they should normally become a looked after child. A copy of this guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/provision-of-accommodation-for-16-and-17-year-olds-who-may-be-homeless-and-or-require-accommodation." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/provision-of-accommodation-for-16-and-17-year-olds-who-may-be-homeless-and-or-require-accommodation.</a></p><p>There are only two circumstances in which a local authority might find that a homeless young person should be accommodated by homelessness services under the Housing Act 1996, rather than by children’s services under section 20 of the Children’s Act 1989 – becoming looked after. These are where the young person is either:</p><ul><li>not a child in need, or</li><li>a 16 or 17 year old child in need who, having been properly and fully advised of the implications and having the capacity to reach a decision, has decided that they do not want to be accommodated under section 20.</li></ul><p>Alongside this guidance, Coram Voice’s 'Always Heard' safety net service, funded by the Department for Education, has provided vital advocacy support for looked after children, care leavers and children on the edge of care since 2017. As a direct result of the work of the Always Heard service, children have been made safe, removed from homelessness, and poor or unlawful care planning decisions have been challenged. Coram Voice continued to provide vital advocacy support during the COVID-19 outbreak to young people at most risk – with over half of the children and young people using the safety net service in 2020-21 from harder to reach groups, including homeless children. The department will continue to work together with MHCLG, to ensure this group of young people receive support and accommodation which meets their needs and, most importantly, keeps them safe.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/06/2021 17:09:59 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1338269

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate his Department has made of the number of pupils who have moved to elective home education since schools reopened on 8 March 2021 as covid-19 lockdown measures were eased.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	901530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>We support the right of parents to educate their children at home, most will educate their children well, sometimes in challenging circumstances. However, we cannot overlook the rising numbers of home-educated children. For some, home education can mean children are not provided a suitable education or are invisible to the services and professionals there to keep them safe and supported.</p><p>The Department does not collect data on numbers of home educated children. Parents are not required to register if they are home educating their children and, therefore, there is not a robust basis on which the Department can reliably collect statistics on home education.</p><p>We remain committed to a registration system for children not in school, which would improve local authorities’ ability to undertake their existing duties and help safeguard children who are in scope.</p><p>A consultation was held in the spring of 2019 on proposals for: a mandatory register of children not attending state or registered independent schools to help local authorities carry out their responsibilities in relation to children not in school; a duty on parents to register their child with the local authority if not registered at specified types of schools; a duty on proprietors of certain education settings to respond to enquiries from local authorities, and a duty on local authorities to provide support to parents who educate children at home.</p><p>The consultation closed on 24 June 2019, with nearly 5000 responses. Further details on a proposed registration system will be in the Government response to the consultation, which we intend to publish in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/06/2021 16:52:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore