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536434

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date	14/07/2016
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
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 prevent shop closures in town centres.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that high streets remain at the heart of their community and as a Government we have taken significant actions to help high streets thrive through a range of targeted tax breaks, sensible planning changes and measures to ensure fairer parking for motorists.</p><p>At the Budget, we announced the biggest ever cut in business rates in England – worth £6.7 billion over the next five years, cutting business rates for all ratepayers, and meaning 600,000 of the smallest businesses won’t have to pay business rates. We have also given over £18 million to fund successful initiatives such “Love Your Local Market” and the “Great British High Street Competition”, and have recently announced a digital pilot programme in Gloucestershire, to support town centres and SMEs to compete in the digital era.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 42770 question first answered 19/07/2016 14:55:50 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536436

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
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 the decline of high streets in UK towns and cities.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that high streets remain at the heart of their community and as a Government we have taken significant actions to help high streets thrive through a range of targeted tax breaks, sensible planning changes and measures to ensure fairer parking for motorists.</p><p>At the Budget, we announced the biggest ever cut in business rates in England – worth £6.7 billion over the next five years, cutting business rates for all ratepayers, and meaning 600,000 of the smallest businesses won’t have to pay business rates. We have also given over £18 million to fund successful initiatives such “Love Your Local Market” and the “Great British High Street Competition”, and have recently announced a digital pilot programme in Gloucestershire, to support town centres and SMEs to compete in the digital era.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 42767 question first answered 19/07/2016 14:55:50 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536437

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the levels of demand on social care services.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We recognise that demand for social care is growing and this was a consideration in last year's Spending Review.</p><p>The Spending Review settlement provides up to £3.5 billion of new support for adult social care by 2019/20 - greater than the £2.9 billion that the Local Government Association estimated was needed for adult social care in their Spending Review submission. The vast majority of councils have already taken advantage of the opportunity to introduce a new Social Care Precept, which allows them to increase council tax by 2% above the existing threshold. By the end of the Parliament, this will raise up to £2 billion that must be spent exclusively on adult social care. In addition, by 2019/20 an extra £1.5 billion per year will be available for inclusion in the Better Care Fund.</p><p>Taken together, the Social Care Precept and the Better Care Fund will mean local government has access to the funding needed to increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/07/2016 14:52:42 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536442

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the merits of the recommendation in the Fourth report of the Education Committee, Session 2015-16, HC 481, that all looked-after children should have a mental health assessment carried out by a mental health professional.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government response to the Education Committee report into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After Children is being jointly drafted by the Department of Health and the Department for Education. Ministers in both departments are assessing the recommendations in their entirety and the joint response, expected to be published after recess, reflects the importance that both departments place on joint working to meet the needs of this vulnerable group.</p><p>The Department of Health and the Department for Education have already established an Expert Working Group to consider how to improve the mental health and well-being of looked-after children, children adopted from care, care leavers and children leaving care under a special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangements Order. The Expert Working Group will include a focus on assessment and identification of mental health issues and difficulties.</p><p>The group, co-chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, and Alison O’Sullivan, former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, first met on 11 July 2016. Meeting notes, Terms of Reference and a work programme will shortly be available on the website of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (<a href="http://www.scie.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.scie.org.uk/</a>) which are co-ordinating the work of this group.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 42824 question first answered 19/07/2016 16:02:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536448

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Fourth Report of the Education Committee of Session 2015-16, Mental health and well-being of looked-after children, published on 28 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government response to the Education Committee report into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After Children is being jointly drafted by the Department of Health and the Department for Education. Ministers in both departments are assessing the recommendations in their entirety and the joint response, expected to be published after recess, reflects the importance that both departments place on joint working to meet the needs of this vulnerable group.</p><p>The Department of Health and the Department for Education have already established an Expert Working Group to consider how to improve the mental health and well-being of looked-after children, children adopted from care, care leavers and children leaving care under a special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangements Order. The Expert Working Group will include a focus on assessment and identification of mental health issues and difficulties.</p><p>The group, co-chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, and Alison O’Sullivan, former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, first met on 11 July 2016. Meeting notes, Terms of Reference and a work programme will shortly be available on the website of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (<a href="http://www.scie.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.scie.org.uk/</a>) which are co-ordinating the work of this group.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 42773 question first answered 19/07/2016 16:02:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536470

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the recommendation of the Education Committee in its Fourth report of the 2015-16 Session, on Mental health and wellbeing of looked-after children that all looked-after children, should have a full mental health assessment carried out by a qualified mental health professional.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government response to the Education Committee report into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After Children is being jointly drafted by the Department of Health and Department for Education. Ministers in both departments are assessing the recommendations in their entirety, and the joint response, expected to be published after the summer recess, reflects the importance that both departments place on collaboration to meet the needs of this vulnerable group.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Department for Education have already established an Expert Working Group to consider how to improve the mental health and well-being of looked-after children, children adopted from care, care leavers and children leaving care under a special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangements Order. The Expert Working Group will include a focus on assessment and identification of mental health issues and difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>The group, co-chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, and Alison O’Sullivan, former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, first met on 11 July. Meeting notes, Terms of Reference and a work programme will shortly be available on the website of the Social Care Institute for Excellence</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scie.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.scie.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>who are co-ordinating the work of this group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 42772 question first answered 19/07/2016 15:15:26 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536476

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the Education Committee's Fourth report, Session 2015-16, HC 481, on the mental health and well-being of looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	42772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government response to the Education Committee report into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After Children is being jointly drafted by the Department of Health and Department for Education. Ministers in both departments are assessing the recommendations in their entirety, and the joint response, expected to be published after the summer recess, reflects the importance that both departments place on collaboration to meet the needs of this vulnerable group.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Department for Education have already established an Expert Working Group to consider how to improve the mental health and well-being of looked-after children, children adopted from care, care leavers and children leaving care under a special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangements Order. The Expert Working Group will include a focus on assessment and identification of mental health issues and difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>The group, co-chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London, and Alison O’Sullivan, former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, first met on 11 July. Meeting notes, Terms of Reference and a work programme will shortly be available on the website of the Social Care Institute for Excellence</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scie.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.scie.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>who are co-ordinating the work of this group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 42799 question first answered 19/07/2016 15:15:26 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

532891

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Special Forces: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the potential merits of appointing a committee of parliamentarians to oversee the operations and budget of special forces, similar to the functions of the Intelligence and Security Committee in respect of the intelligence services.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	41980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/07/2016 15:30:50 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

528936

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adults convicted of child sexual offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 were placed on a rehabilitation programme as part of (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentences in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those rehabilitation programmes were completed by such adults in those years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	41338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost because it is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to link offenders undergoing Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) to their particular offence.</p><p> </p><p>The number of accredited programmes started and completed by all sex-offenders, not specifically child sex offenders, is reported in the Accredited Programmes Annual Bulletin 2014/15, England and Wales, which is available at the link below. The report covers programmes delivered both in custody and the community.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/accredited-programmes-bulletin-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/accredited-programmes-bulletin-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>For those SOTPs delivered in the community, completion rates for all offenders are included in the Management Information Addendum to the Annual Report and Accounts 2014/15, which is available at the link below. Completion rates have remained relatively stable at just over 80 per cent since 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-performance-statistics-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-performance-statistics-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/07/2016 15:38:56 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

528937

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release of the Department for Education of 4 January 2016, entitled Parents to get greater say in the school admissions process, what assessment she has made of the potential effect that ensuring only local parents and councils can object to school admissions arrangements will have on overall levels of compliance with the School Admissions Code.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	41339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>Our proposed changes are intended to ensure that the Adjudicator is able to focus on the concerns parents may have about the fairness of the admission arrangements of their local school, and is not held up by the need to consider objections referred by interest groups from outside the area.</p><p>We do not believe that limiting who is able to refer objections to the Adjudicator will have a detrimental impact.</p><p>Any changes will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2016 16:05:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi