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1418970

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date	02/02/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ongoing support provided by the armed forces in Scotland in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	905323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>I am in regular contact with Ministers in the Ministry of Defence about the support provided by our armed forces in Scotland in response to Covid-19.</p><p>Currently, service personnel are providing acute care to a number of hospitals in Scotland, driving ambulances and providing other services to the Scottish Ambulance Service, and they are administering vaccinations across Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 02/02/2022 14:57:07 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti

1418971

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to promote the Union and level up regional interconnectivity.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	905324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>We have invited the Scottish Government to work in partnership to support the delivery of UK-wide transport infrastructure.</p><p>This is one aspect of how the government is levelling up regional interconnectivity, by improving travel in and between local communities so people can move more easily around the country and access jobs and opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 02/02/2022 14:58:21 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1418972

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the export potential of Scotland's renewable sector.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	905325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>I regularly discuss issues of importance to Scotland with Ministerial colleagues including Scotland’s renewable energy sector exports.</p><p>Scotland is well positioned to become a centre of global excellence in energy and climate technology and the Government is committed to supporting Scotland’s clean energy exports.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes South answering member printed Iain Stewart question first answered 02/02/2022 14:59:13 answering member 4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1418521

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that Equitable Life policyholders who invested in regulated products will be entitled to similar levels of compensation to those who invested in unregulated mini-bonds marketed by London Capital and Finance.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	905384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The schemes are not comparable as there are important differences between the situations at Equitable Life and London Capital Finance. The Government compensation schemes in each case sought to achieve a fair outcome for investors and taxpayers based on the particular circumstances surrounding each firm.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/02/2022 17:53:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1418522

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in levelling up all regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Robin Millar
uin	905385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Levelling up is our defining mission. It was the golden thread running through the Autumn Budget and Spending Review.</p><p>We are supporting businesses to thrive through expanded British Business Bank programmes, including a £130 million new investment fund in Wales.</p><p>We are supporting local infrastructure with £121 million for 10 projects in Wales through the first round of the Levelling Up Fund. And we are launching the over £2.6 billion UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/02/2022 15:45:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4746 label Biography information for Robin Millar

1418523

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase the competitiveness of the financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	905389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>In his Mansion House statement last July, the Chancellor set out the Government’s vision an open, competitive, green, and technologically advanced financial services.</p><p> </p><p>A sweeping set of reforms to sharpen the UK’s competitive advantage in financial services is already underway; and in November the Government published the second consultation in its Future Regulatory Framework review, which provides a once in a generation opportunity to ensure that the UK maintains a coherent, agile, and internationally respected approach to financial services regulation.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/02/2022 17:51:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1418524

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Poverty: Rutherglen and Hamilton West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people living in destitution in Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	905394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The latest official statistics show that in 2019-20 there were 3,741 children in relative low income and 3,082 children in absolute low income in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, before housing costs.</p><p>We know that work is the best route out of poverty, which is why the government is investing more than £6 billion in labour market support over the next three years to help people move into, and progress in work.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 01/02/2022 17:14:33 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1417991

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include safeguarding from sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy in his Department's guidance entitled Keeping children safe in education.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	905346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance 'keeping children safe in education' (KCSIE) contains extensive safeguarding advice which all schools and colleges must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p><p>It contains extensive advice about all forms of abuse and neglect including the indicators of these harms. KCSIE is clear that all staff should have an awareness of safeguarding issues that can put children at risk of harm. So-called conversion therapy, whilst not explicitly referenced, may well in many instances fall into this category.</p><p>Currently so-called conversion therapy is not illegal, though some of the practices will be as they are already considered to be abusive and/or illegal.</p><p>KCSIE currently contains guidance on matters such as female genital mutilation and other specific harms that are underpinned by legislation. Once similar legislation is in place for so-called conversion therapy we will consider whether it is necessary and/or appropriate to reflect any changes in KCSIE as we do on a routine and annual basis.</p><p>The department has undertaken extensive communications with the sector and continues to consider what more it can do on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) matters such as this.</p><p>We are currently consulting on revisions to KCSIE for 2022, in which we have incorporated departmental advice, such as on the issue of sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges. In particular we have reminded schools and colleges of their legal duties with regard to the Human Rights Act 1998, the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty. We have also included a new section on how children who are LGBT can be targeted by other children. In some cases, a child who is perceived by other children to be LGBT (whether they are or not) can be just as vulnerable as children who identify as LGBT.</p><p>We expect to publish revised guidance for information in May 2022, with it coming into force in September 2022.</p><p>The consultation can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2022 18:21:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1417992

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Health Professions
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 improve adult participation in access programmes for careers in the health and care professions.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Laura Farris
uin	905349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>High quality careers information, advice and guidance is key to helping people to make informed decisions about their future, including being able to find out about and consider the different options, including those in the health and care professions, available to them. We are investing £100 million in careers provision for young people and adults in the financial year 2021-22. The National Careers Service, a free, government funded careers information, advice and guidance service draws on a range of labour market information to support and guide individuals. The National Careers Service is impartial, and careers guidance is tailored to individual needs, but careers advisers can play a key role in alerting people to the range of health and care profession careers available. The National Careers Service supports this through disseminating regular information to careers advisers.</p><p>The National Careers Service website gives customers access to a range of useful digital tools and resources to support them, including ‘Explore Careers’ which includes more than 130 industry areas and more than 800 job profiles, covering a range of health and care profession roles, describing what those roles entail, qualifications and entry routes.</p><p>The National Careers Service uses a range of techniques, including social media, to alert people to opportunities. For example, the Service has hosted free webinars in the North West about the range of roles available in health and social care. Virtual jobs fairs introducing potential employees to recruiting organisations regularly take place across England, for example the recent Gloucester Care Jobs Fair.</p><p>High-quality, employer-designed apprenticeships, from the Level 2 healthcare support worker to the Level 6 registered nurse degree apprenticeship, support people to begin or progress in health and care related careers.</p><p>We are also working with employers to develop an occupational traineeship in Adult Care to support those aged 24 and under into apprenticeships and employment in the sector.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 31/01/2022 18:45:27 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris

1417993

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of early years education and childcare.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	905350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>In terms of the availability of childcare spaces, we know from findings from the Childcare and early years providers survey 2021 that there is some spare capacity in the system. 7 in 10 (70%) group-based providers reported having spare places in their full day provision and almost half of childminders (49%) reported having spare capacity on average across the week. The Childcare and early years providers survey 2021 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2021</a>.</p><p>The department continues to monitor sufficiency of childcare places and liaise regularly with local authorities. Local authorities are not currently reporting any substantial sufficiency or supply issues.</p><p>In terms of affordability, this government provides a substantial offer to parents regarding childcare. All 3 and 4-year-olds and disadvantaged 2-year-olds can benefit from 15 hours free early education, and eligible working parents can access an additional 15 hours (also known as ‘30 hours’), which can help save families over £6,000 per child a year. In 2021, 328,700 children had a government-funded early education entitlement place for 30 hours.</p><p>The tax-free childcare offer is also available for working families. This scheme means that for every £8 parents pay their provider via an online account, the government will pay £2, up to a maximum contribution of £2,000 per child each year (up to £500 every 3 months). Additionally, Universal Credit Childcare reimburses up to 85% of childcare costs for working parents on a low income. This is subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1108 for two or more children, payable in arrears.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2022 18:34:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle