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1457443

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Mental Health Services: Children
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 make it his policy that the forthcoming reform of the 1983 Mental Health Act will include school and community-based early-intervention provision for children and young people to include play and creative arts therapy and counselling in addition to the autism, closed ward and clinical measures listed in the white paper; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	154371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The reforms to the Mental Health Act 1983 follow the recommendations made by the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act chaired by Sir Simon Wessely. However, school and community-based early intervention provision for children and young people fall outside the scope of these reforms. The provision of these services is a matter for local commissioners.</p><p>We are improving early intervention provision for children and young people through the introduction of mental health support teams in schools and colleges. By 2022/23, we are on schedule for mental health support teams to support 25% of the country, increasing to 399 teams covering an estimated three million children and young people or approximately 35% of pupils by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 154193 155925 question first answered 26/04/2022 09:53:50 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 65381 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1456477

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to support people in food poverty (i) in Plymouth and (ii) across the country.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	151272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>Departments across government are working collectively to tackle poverty in all forms with a sustainable, long-term approach and to support people on lower incomes.  We know people are facing pressures with the increasing cost of living and recognise that some need extra support with essentials like food shopping and other day-to-day costs. These are global challenges, but the Government has taken action to support families worth over £22 billion in 2022-23. This includes an additional £500 million to help households with the cost of essentials, on top of what has already been provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion. In England, £421 million of this £500 million will be provided to extend the existing Household Support Fund, while the devolved administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula. Plymouth Council was awarded £2,294,796.82 for the Household Support Fund between October 2021 and March 2022. The indicative allocations for the current Household Support Fund (April -September 2022) remain the same.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/04/2022 06:37:29 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1455895

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, what plans he has to help ensure there is (a) adequate funding for and (b) uptake of ITT bursaries for religious education; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	150261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a post-A level qualification in a particular subject or discipline. It is the Teachers’ Standards that specify the subject knowledge required for the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by the time they complete their training.</p><p>25.2% of religious education (RE) hours taught were by a teacher with no relevant post-A level qualification in that subject in the 2019/20 academic year. This compares with 12.2% across English Baccalaureate subjects.</p><p>Information on subjects taught and teacher post-A level qualifications is published in the annual ‘school workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2019" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2019</a>.</p><p>To reduce the burden on schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in the November 2020 school workforce census. Therefore, the information provided relates to the 2019 school workforce census. Figures for the 2021/22 academic year will be published in June 2022.</p><p>The bursaries that the department offers for initial teacher training (ITT) are intended to incentivise applications to ITT courses. The department reviews the bursaries on offer each year to take account of factors, including historic recruitment, forecast economic conditions, and teacher supply need in each subject. This provides flexibility to respond to the need to attract new teachers, and means the department is spending money where it is needed most.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, the department exceeded the postgraduate ITT target in RE (129% of target). In the 2021/22 academic year, the equivalent target for RE was extremely close to being met (99% of target). As a result, the department has focused the bursaries on subjects where it is hardest to attract sufficient applicants. The department will review the need for financial incentives across all subjects again, using the latest available data, before announcing the bursaries for the 2023/24 academic year.</p><p>RE trainee teachers can apply for student finance. This includes a tuition fee loan, maintenance loan and additional means-tested funding for trainees in particular circumstances, including those with children, adult dependants, or a disability. Trainees on employment-based courses are ineligible for student finance as they earn a salary whilst they train instead.</p><p>The department continues to support RE trainee teacher recruitment through subject knowledge enhancement courses. These are available for applicants who have the potential to become outstanding teachers, but who need to increase their subject knowledge before the Teachers’ Standards can be met.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 150262 150263 question first answered 21/04/2022 12:38:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1455896

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, what estimate he has made of the proportion of hours of religious education hours taught by teachers with no post A level qualification in that subject in comparison to other subjects in the curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	150262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a post-A level qualification in a particular subject or discipline. It is the Teachers’ Standards that specify the subject knowledge required for the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by the time they complete their training.</p><p>25.2% of religious education (RE) hours taught were by a teacher with no relevant post-A level qualification in that subject in the 2019/20 academic year. This compares with 12.2% across English Baccalaureate subjects.</p><p>Information on subjects taught and teacher post-A level qualifications is published in the annual ‘school workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2019" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2019</a>.</p><p>To reduce the burden on schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in the November 2020 school workforce census. Therefore, the information provided relates to the 2019 school workforce census. Figures for the 2021/22 academic year will be published in June 2022.</p><p>The bursaries that the department offers for initial teacher training (ITT) are intended to incentivise applications to ITT courses. The department reviews the bursaries on offer each year to take account of factors, including historic recruitment, forecast economic conditions, and teacher supply need in each subject. This provides flexibility to respond to the need to attract new teachers, and means the department is spending money where it is needed most.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, the department exceeded the postgraduate ITT target in RE (129% of target). In the 2021/22 academic year, the equivalent target for RE was extremely close to being met (99% of target). As a result, the department has focused the bursaries on subjects where it is hardest to attract sufficient applicants. The department will review the need for financial incentives across all subjects again, using the latest available data, before announcing the bursaries for the 2023/24 academic year.</p><p>RE trainee teachers can apply for student finance. This includes a tuition fee loan, maintenance loan and additional means-tested funding for trainees in particular circumstances, including those with children, adult dependants, or a disability. Trainees on employment-based courses are ineligible for student finance as they earn a salary whilst they train instead.</p><p>The department continues to support RE trainee teacher recruitment through subject knowledge enhancement courses. These are available for applicants who have the potential to become outstanding teachers, but who need to increase their subject knowledge before the Teachers’ Standards can be met.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 150261 150263 question first answered 21/04/2022 12:38:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1455897

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
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 to help ensure that the recruitment target for religious education teachers in secondary schools is met. .
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	150263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a post-A level qualification in a particular subject or discipline. It is the Teachers’ Standards that specify the subject knowledge required for the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by the time they complete their training.</p><p>25.2% of religious education (RE) hours taught were by a teacher with no relevant post-A level qualification in that subject in the 2019/20 academic year. This compares with 12.2% across English Baccalaureate subjects.</p><p>Information on subjects taught and teacher post-A level qualifications is published in the annual ‘school workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2019" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2019</a>.</p><p>To reduce the burden on schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in the November 2020 school workforce census. Therefore, the information provided relates to the 2019 school workforce census. Figures for the 2021/22 academic year will be published in June 2022.</p><p>The bursaries that the department offers for initial teacher training (ITT) are intended to incentivise applications to ITT courses. The department reviews the bursaries on offer each year to take account of factors, including historic recruitment, forecast economic conditions, and teacher supply need in each subject. This provides flexibility to respond to the need to attract new teachers, and means the department is spending money where it is needed most.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, the department exceeded the postgraduate ITT target in RE (129% of target). In the 2021/22 academic year, the equivalent target for RE was extremely close to being met (99% of target). As a result, the department has focused the bursaries on subjects where it is hardest to attract sufficient applicants. The department will review the need for financial incentives across all subjects again, using the latest available data, before announcing the bursaries for the 2023/24 academic year.</p><p>RE trainee teachers can apply for student finance. This includes a tuition fee loan, maintenance loan and additional means-tested funding for trainees in particular circumstances, including those with children, adult dependants, or a disability. Trainees on employment-based courses are ineligible for student finance as they earn a salary whilst they train instead.</p><p>The department continues to support RE trainee teacher recruitment through subject knowledge enhancement courses. These are available for applicants who have the potential to become outstanding teachers, but who need to increase their subject knowledge before the Teachers’ Standards can be met.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 150261 150262 question first answered 21/04/2022 12:38:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1455574

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Summertime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of moving the UK to a single time zone instead of British Summer Time/GMT.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the daylight-saving arrangements. The Government believes that the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 149367 question first answered 06/04/2022 15:36:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1455575

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Summertime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Minister is responsible for decisions relating to the movement of the UK’s time zone from Greenwich Meantime to British Summer Time.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the daylight-saving arrangements. The Government believes that the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 149366 question first answered 06/04/2022 15:36:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1454858

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to ban parking on a pavement for roads outside residential properties that are only one car wide.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	148373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department consulted on measures to address pavement parking and received over 15,000 responses. Ministers are carefully considering the options in the light of the consultation findings, including the issue of parking on narrow roads. We will publish the formal consultation response and announce next steps as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 04/04/2022 10:41:08 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1454867

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2022 to Question 136649 on Armed Forces: HIV infection, for what reason the updated policy cannot be published before August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	148374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>Seemingly innocuous medication side effects can have serious safety implications in the military aviation context. Consequently, approving medication use in aviation is a rigorous, evidence-based process involving a number of pharmacists, medical and aviation experts. The process ensures benchmarking with other military organisations and civilian counterparts.</p><p> </p><p>This extensive process is currently underway to approve PrEP and it is expected to result in revised policy being published in August 2022. The aspiration is to publish sooner if possible and the process is currently being advanced to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 148375 question first answered 04/04/2022 14:01:56 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1454868

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2022 to Question 136649 on Armed Forces: HIV infection, what the reasons are for the current ban on PrEP use in Aircrew and Air Traffic Controllers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	148375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>Seemingly innocuous medication side effects can have serious safety implications in the military aviation context. Consequently, approving medication use in aviation is a rigorous, evidence-based process involving a number of pharmacists, medical and aviation experts. The process ensures benchmarking with other military organisations and civilian counterparts.</p><p> </p><p>This extensive process is currently underway to approve PrEP and it is expected to result in revised policy being published in August 2022. The aspiration is to publish sooner if possible and the process is currently being advanced to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 148374 question first answered 04/04/2022 14:01:56 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard