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747464

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date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	South Yorkshire Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there have been in the South Yorkshire Police Service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	2405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales, 30 September 2016’ statistical bulletin, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for previous years can be found in the Open Data tables, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539270/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539270/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce’ statistics is due to be published on 20<sup>th</sup> July, and will represent the picture as at 31 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 13:14:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

747479

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department took legal advice on the target of upholding original decisions in 80 per cent of mandatory benefit reconsideration requests.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Further to my reply to PQs 1469 &amp; 1470, the department does not have a Mandatory Reconsideration target for upholding original decisions. The 80 per cent figure is used to track and monitor Mandatory Reconsiderations to assess the quality of our initial decision making and to help understand and improve our processes. Therefore there was not a requirement to obtain legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 06/07/2017 09:53:52 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

747488

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Greater Manchester Police have sufficient resources to reduce harm caused by the drug spice.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	2572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>It is an operational decision for Chief Constables, working with Police and Crime Commissioners to determine the best use of their available resources. The 2015 Spending Review protected overall police spending in real terms, and the 2017/18 police funding settlement maintained that protection.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 13:28:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

747507

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
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 26 June 2017 to Question 219, if she will publish the Home Office report on foreign funding of extremism and radicalisation in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	2416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Honourable gentleman to the answer given on the 3<sup>rd</sup> July to question 1467.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/07/2017 12:58:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

747509

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the trial of in-work progression for universal credit claimants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	2379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>National roll-out of the in-work progression randomised control trial is now complete. Recruitment onto the trial ceased on 31 March 2017, and the trial will continue to run until 31 March 2018. We expect to publish the full evaluation report in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/07/2017 09:17:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

747511

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses for determining the likelihood that child maintenance arrears will be collected.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	2605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The department publishes an annual estimate of child maintenance arrears in the Client Funds Account that sets out the three categories of collectability.</p><p> </p><p><strong>1. Likely to be collected:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a good chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</p><ul><li>At least one payment made against the outstanding arrears in the six months prior to the reporting date.</li><li>At least one payment made in excess of the scheduled amount</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>2. Potentially collectable:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a reasonable chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</p><ul><li>The existence of a payment schedule at any point during the six months prior to the reporting date, even though no payments were received in the period.</li><li>For recent arrears, i.e. aged three months or less, the receipt of at least one payment against those arrears after the reporting date.</li><li>Debt on cases where enforcement action such as deduction directly from the non-resident parent’s bank account, or forcing the sale of their property is likely to be successful.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>3. Uncollectable:</strong> All remaining debt which does not meet the criteria for either of the other categories.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2017 09:36:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

747512

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to collect child maintenance arrears, by category of collectability.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	2606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department publishes an annual estimate of child maintenance arrears in the Client Funds Account that sets out the three categories of collectability.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1. Likely to be collected:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a good chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">At least one payment made against the outstanding arrears in the six months prior to the reporting date.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">At least one payment made in excess of the scheduled amount</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2. Potentially collectable:</strong> Debt which meets criteria indicating that the Department has a reasonable chance of collecting it. The criteria are:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">The existence of a payment schedule at any point during the six months prior to the reporting date, even though no payments were received in the period.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">For recent arrears, i.e. aged three months or less, the receipt of at least one payment against those arrears after the reporting date.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Debt on cases where enforcement action such as deduction directly from the non-resident parent’s bank account, or forcing the sale of their property is likely to be successful.</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>3. Uncollectable:</strong> All remaining debt which does not meet the criteria for either of the other categories.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department aims to ensure parents fulfil their obligation to make financial provision for their children and that maintenance is paid accurately and on time. Our priority, as outlined in our published Arrears and Compliance Strategy is to collect on-going maintenance and arrears in cases where there is still a child who stands to benefit.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Child maintenance arrears are categorised in the Client Fund Account according to the likelihood of them being collected. We consider action on all cases that fall into the collectable and potentially collectable categories of debt. Where we are unable to take enforcement action, for example where we cannot trace the non-resident parent, cases will fall into the uncollectable category and will be reviewed as resources allow.</ins></p></ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2017 09:26:53 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2017 10:03:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 2227 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

747513

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will implement the recommendations in the Work and Pensions Select Committee report, Child Maintenance Service, HC587, published on 2 May 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	2574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Work and Pensions Select Committee report and is carefully considering its recommendations. We will submit the Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/07/2017 15:40:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

747514

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mid Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) cash and (b) per pupil funding has been provided to schools in Mid Sussex constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	2544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding at local authority level.</p><p>The schools block allocation for individual maintained schools for the financial year and academies for the academic year are published online for the following years:</p><p>2016-17: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>2015-16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>2014-15: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>2013-14: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>The Department did not publish online the school block allocation for individual schools in 2012-13.</p><p>Individual school allocations for 2017-18 will be published later this year. The formulae that local authorities have used to distribute funding to schools this year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>We recently consulted on a national funding formula for schools. We believe that the current funding arrangements are unfair and we remain committed to changing them.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation, which we are analysing in detail. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course. We are unable to confirm the funding each school will receive in future years.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/07/2017 08:58:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

747515

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Streptococcus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on reviewing UK National Screening Committee guidance on Group B strep prevention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	2421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries about all aspects of screening policy, using research evidence, pilot programmes and economic evaluation; it assesses the evidence for programmes against a set of internationally recognised criteria. Guidance on early onset neonatal Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and other neonatal disease is provided by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p> </p><p>Following the UK NSC’s meeting in February 2017, the Minister accepted the UK NSC’s recommendation that a population based screening programme for GBS carriage should not be offered. This is because there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the benefits to be gained from screening would outweigh the harms.</p><p> </p><p>Although a population screening programme has not been recommended, the Chief Scientific Advisor recommended that the National Institute of Health Research should commission a clinical trial to compare universal screening for GBS against usual-risk based care. The Minister approved this and it is expected that the trial will provide better quality evidence to assess the clinical effectiveness, benefits and harms of a screening programme.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 2420 question first answered 06/07/2017 14:06:12 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching