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910379

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date	23/05/2018
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	Drugs: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that recovery services for drug addiction in Barnsley are receiving sufficient funding.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	147445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for improving the health of their local population and reducing health inequalities by assessing local need and commissioning services to meet identified needs, including drug dependence.</p><p> </p><p>In the current financial year, local authorities are receiving a £3.215 billion public health grant for their public health duties for all ages. Information about the 2018-19 grant, how it breaks down and indicative public health allocations for each local authority in 2019-20 is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-grants-to-local-authorities-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-grants-to-local-authorities-2018-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Public Health England supports local authorities in their work of needs assessment and commissioning of alcohol and drug prevention and treatment services by providing advice, guidance and data.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/06/2018 13:53:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

910380

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in Barnsley.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	147446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and local authorities with a range of flexible powers that they can use to tackle anti-social behaviour. It is a matter for the relevant agencies in Barnsley, as in other areas, to decide when it is appropriate to make use of these powers.</p><p>The Home Office published refreshed statutory guidance for frontline professionals on the use of the statutory powers in December 2017. The guidance is available to the police and local authorities and it will assist them in addressing anti-social behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/06/2018 14:07:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

910381

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Autism: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that people in Barnsley with severe autism have local access to specialist schools and services without having to travel to Wakefield or Rotherham for such school and services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	147447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities must ensure there are sufficient good school places for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. If a local authority identifies a shortage of special school places for children and young people in its area, resulting in a significant number having to travel a long way to access an appropriate placement, it will need to consider creating or expanding specialist provision, either attached to mainstream schools or in special schools.</p><p>The department has allocated £215 million of capital funding (over and above basic need funding) to help build new places at mainstream and special schools, and to improve existing places to benefit current and future pupils. Local authorities, through consultation with local stakeholders, should decide how best to spend their allocation to meet local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:16:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

910382

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Autism: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that specialist schools in Barnsley have sufficient resources to teach people who have severe autism.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	147448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the challenges that special schools face supporting pupils with high levels of need, that is why base funding is set at a much higher level of £10,000 per place. On top of this, local authorities provide top up funding to reflect additional need in respect of individual pupils. The level of the top-up funding is a matter for agreement between the local authority and the school, and we do not prescribe in detail how local authorities should allocate their high needs funding.</p><p> </p><p>To assist local authorities in making sure that special schools have sufficient resources, in 2018-19 we have provided Barnsley with £21.9 million in high needs funding, 3.1% more than they planned to spend in 2017-18. These allocations can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:20:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

909559

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: South Yorkshire
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 ensure schools in South Yorkshire have access to better funding.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	146856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>With the introduction of the national funding formula, for the first time school funding is being distributed according to a formula based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school. This will direct resources where they are needed most, and provide transparency and predictability for schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that schools need stability. This is why the Department has provided protection in the formula, so that every school and every local area, will be allocated an increase of at least 0.5% per pupil in 2018-19 and 1% in 2019-20, over its baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the impact of the fully implemented national funding formula for the four metropolitan boroughs in South Yorkshire. These figures are calculated as if the national funding formula had been implemented in full in 2017-18, with no transitional arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average per pupil funding in 2017-18</p></td><td><p>Average per pupil funding under the full NFF</p></td><td><p>% gain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>£4,438</p></td><td><p>£4,839</p></td><td><p>9.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>£4,515</p></td><td><p>£4,679</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>£4,676</p></td><td><p>£4,810</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>£4,406</p></td><td><p>£4,696</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National average</p></td><td><p>£4,499</p></td><td><p>£4,657</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that many schools have worked hard to manage the impact of cost pressures on their budgets up to this point. The Department provides support, guidance and tools to help schools get the best value from their resources, further details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2018 13:43:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

909561

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure school funding reflects changes in the costs faced by schools.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	146857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>For the first time school funding is being distributed according to a formula based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country. This will direct resources where they are needed most, and provide transparency and predictability for schools. The formula is responsive to changes in pupil characteristics, and reflects differences in labour market costs.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of the national funding formulae is supported by significant extra investment of £1.3 billion across 2018-19 and 2019-20, over and above the budget announced at the 2015 spending review. As a result, per pupil funding will be maintained in real terms over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that many schools have worked hard to manage the impact of cost pressures on their budgets up to this point. That is why the Department provides support, guidance and tools to help schools achieve the best value from their resources. Further details can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2018 13:34:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

909563

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Obesity: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is working with NHS services in South Yorkshire to ensure obesity services are properly funded and effectively managed.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	146858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning health care services to meet the needs of their population. Health and Wellbeing Boards will bring together local partners including CCGs and local authorities to ensure the right services are in place.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national clinical guidance and advice, based on best evidence of clinical and cost effectiveness, for use of interventions, technology and devices.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has produced a suite of guidance on tackling obesity including ‘Obesity: identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in children, young people and adults’, which includes access to all tiers of obesity services. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg189" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg189</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/06/2018 14:09:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

909564

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Education to ensure schools are supported to help tackle childhood obesity.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	146859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>In August 2016 we published Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action which contained a number of commitments to support schools in creating healthy environments for their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Included were a number of announcements of funding for schools including doubling the PE and Sport Premium to £320 million per year, investing £26 million over three years to improve and increase the number of breakfast clubs in over 1,770 schools with a focus on the Department for Education’s Opportunity Areas, and continued support for the Bikeability programme.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Department for Education to update the School Food Standards with the latest scientific advice on nutrition and introduce a new healthy ratings scheme for schools to recognise and encourage their contribution to helping their pupils eat better and move more.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education work with partners such as Public Health England to produce tool and resources for schools through their Change4Life campaign and NHS Choices domain. We also funded the Youth Sport Trust to produce the Active School Planner, a free to use, interactive tool to help schools review and improve their current physical activity offer in-line with the Chief Medical Officer’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/06/2018 13:49:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

908938

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Learning Disability: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to attract more people into a career in learning disabilities nursing.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	146252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department, working closely with Health Education England (HEE), NHS England, NHS Improvement and Skills for Care, is planning marketing campaigns to increase recruitment across the health and care system.</p><p> </p><p>The campaigns will set out the values and opportunities presented by a career in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working with HEE and the university sector to ensure students continue to apply for nursing courses, including learning disability nursing courses, up to the end of clearing in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the announcement of 9 May, the Government is considering the most effective way to implement the ‘golden hello’ incentive scheme for postgraduate nursing students.</p><p> </p><p>The current intention is that these payment incentives will be made available for future postgraduates who completed courses funded by loans in the 2018/19 academic year. The golden hello payments are anticipated to be contingent on these graduates working in specific fields of the health and care sector including mental health, learning disability and community, including district, nursing.</p><p> </p><p>The detail of the scheme is being developed by the Department. Officials will engage with stakeholders as part of finalising proposals; including determining whether it is in the best interests of the NHS to split out the numbers eligible for a payment determined by branch of nursing. The conclusions of this will inform assessments of the potential impact of such incentives.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 24/05/2018 10:54:15 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

905441

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
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 ensure the adequacy of training for teachers on child bereavement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	144913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not prescribe the content of initial teacher training (ITT) courses. It is for ITT providers to use their discretion to determine the content and structure of courses, but they must be designed so that teacher trainees can demonstrate that they meet all of the Teachers' Standards at the appropriate level to be awarded Qualified Teacher Status. The Standards set out the key elements of effective teaching minimum expectations for the professional practice and conduct of teachers. They can be viewed here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards</a>.</p><p>Teachers’ Standards require trainees to “have a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit pupils’ ability to learn, and how best to overcome these; and demonstrate an awareness of the physical, social and intellectual development of children, and know how to adapt teaching to support pupils’ education at different stages of development.”</p><p>‘A Framework of core content for Initial Teacher Training’, published in July 2016 says providers “should equip trainees to analyse the strengths and needs of all pupils effectively, ensuring that they have an understanding of cognitive, social, emotional, physical and mental health factors that can inhibit or enhance pupils’ education.” The Framework can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-government-response-to-carter-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-government-response-to-carter-review</a>.</p><p>Ofsted is responsible for making judgements about the quality of training and the leadership and management of an ITT partnership. As part of ITT provider inspections, Ofsted has due regard to the Teachers’ Standards and framework of core content. 99% of all ITT partnerships inspected by Ofsted were judged to be either good or outstanding at their most recent inspection. The Ofsted ITT inspection handbook can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-education-inspection-handbook" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-education-inspection-handbook</a> <strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/05/2018 14:50:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis