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92491

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to enable people who are deaf to receive a discount on their television licence in the same way that people who are registered blind do.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to bring forward such proposals.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/10/2014 16:25:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92501

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to expand prevention services in relation to child maltreatment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, revised last year, is clear about the importance that we attach to preventative services. Providing help early, before issues and problems escalate, is more effective in promoting the welfare of children than reacting later.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance sets out that local agencies should work together to put processes in place for the effective assessment of the needs of individual children who may benefit from early help services. Decisions about the provision of services, including preventative, early help services, are taken locally by agencies that are best placed to plan provision, taking account of local needs and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also established an Early Intervention Foundation. The Foundation is funded by the Department for Education, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department of Health, and the Department for Communities and Local Government. It is intended to operate independently of central government, to support the needs of commissioners in implementing early intervention programmes and practice in their local areas. The Foundation was established as an independent charity on 4 July 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 15/10/2014 16:27:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92506

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to prevent those banned from working with children or adults in Essex following the recent investigation by Essex County Council into child sexual exploitation from working in other maintained educational institutions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>All schools and colleges have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p><p>All schools are required to carry out mandatory ‘safer recruitment’ checks that help to identify individuals who are not suitable to work with pupils. The Department for Education’s statutory guidance on <em>‘Keeping children safe in education’</em>[1] makes clear that when appointing staff, schools must check police records, police intelligence and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) barring lists. Furthermore, anyone who is appointed to teach must not have been prohibited from being so appointed by the Secretary of State.</p><p>These checks ensure that individuals who are barred from working in regulated activity by the DBS are not employed to work with pupils in schools. They also allow schools to identify any additional risks to children and make informed decisions about an individual’s suitability to work in a school environment.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/10/2014 16:30:43 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92654

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British children were recorded as having been trafficked for sex and labour in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Referral Mechanism was established in 2009 and is managed by the National Crime Agency’s UK Human Trafficking Centre. The Centre uses the mechanism to collect data on potential victims of trafficking, including a breakdown of child referrals by type of exploitation.<br>Published data from this source show a total of 22 referrals of UK national children for sexual exploitation in 2012, and 56 in 2013.<br><br>The published data for sexual exploitation of UK national children prior to 2012 and for labour exploitation for the period requested are not broken down by UK national/non-UK national.<br><br>Statistics are published on the National Crime Agency website: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a><br><br>Archived statistics are published on the National Archives website: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130703102353/http:/www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc/national-referral-mechanism/statistics" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130703102353/http:/www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc/national-referral-mechanism/statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 16/10/2014 11:10:18 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91897

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Post Boxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he was consulted on the decision to restrict the last collection time at Royal Mail post boxes to 9 am; and how many post boxes across the country are subject to this decision.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not have any role in Royal Mail’s operational decisions. Providing Royal Mail operate their services in compliance with the existing regulatory framework, as set down by Ofcom, decisions relating to their services can be made on operational grounds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail points out that the new arrangements relating to collections are needed in response to declining letter volumes which has left many post-boxes no longer covering their costs. Rather than decommission uneconomic post-boxes, the company is committed to ensuring their viability by improving the efficiency of collections arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail have said that the majority of post-boxes will retain a 4pm or later final collection, as they have now, and they will ensure that there is a late-posting box within half a mile of each post-box that is restricted to earlier collections. The company is also aiming to boost public access to post-boxes in those areas around the country currently underserved with the addition of 2,000 new post-boxes. These will be targeted at rural areas, with a particular focus on Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as to areas of new development that are currently not served by a post-box. Some will be added in high footfall areas such as train stations and shopping centres. More information about Royal Mail’s post box network can be found on its website</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(<a href="http://www.royalmail.com/personal/help-and-support/postboxes-faqs" target="_blank">http://www.royalmail.com/personal/help-and-support/postboxes-faqs</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/10/2014 13:56:34 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91951

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
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 implications for her Department's policies of the recommendation of the World Health Organisations' European report on preventing child maltreatment, published in 2013, that national governments adopt a preventative and public health approach to child maltreatment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises the long-term impact of child maltreatment. We are committed to safeguarding children from abuse and maltreatment, and our approach is based on prevention, using effective multi-agency working to protect children from harm. This approach is at the heart of our statutory guidance, ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, published in 2013, which sets out the roles and responsibilities of all relevant services, and how they should work together.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 14/10/2014 15:09:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91952

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what total amount her Department spent on all measures aimed at tackling child abuse and neglect in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Most statutory spending on child abuse and neglect is included within local authority core funding for children’s social care which comes from the Department for Community and Local Government’s Formula Grant, and from local taxation. Whilst this funding is not ring-fenced, it is for local authorities to decide how to apply their funding across all the services they deliver. The Department for Education would expect all local authorities to prioritise services for their most vulnerable children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>A report from the Audit Commission published in November 2013 found that children’s social care has been largely protected from spending reductions from 2010/11 to 2013/14.[1] Council spending on children’s social care on average increased by 1.2 % in real terms over this period and aggregate spending on children’s social care was set to increase by a further 0.4 % from 2012/13 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, over the period 2010/11 to 2014/15, this Department has spent between £30 and £50 million per year on safeguarding, which includes programmes whose focus is to prevent and tackle abuse and neglect. This spending has fulfilled specific work by local authorities and by voluntary and community sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf" target="_blank">www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209348 question first answered 14/10/2014 14:06:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91953

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of professional social work placements required in 2013-14, excluding the Step Up programme, in order to meet the needs of social workers in training.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of placement days and number of social work practice placements for the 2012-13 academic year are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Universities will submit their final returns on social work practice placements to the NHS Business Services Authority for the 2013-14 academic year in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department estimates that a similar number of placements and placement days to 2013-14 will be required in the 2014-15 academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social Work Practice Placements in the 2012-13 academic year</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Placements</p></td><td><p>Number of Placement Days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>57,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third Sector Organisations</p></td><td><p>3,687</p></td><td><p>287,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>9,098</p></td><td><p>777,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>13,422</p></td><td><p>1,121,991</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 209547 209548 209550 question first answered 16/10/2014 16:11:06 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91954

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what total amount her Department spent on primary preventative measures aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Most statutory spending on child abuse and neglect is included within local authority core funding for children’s social care which comes from the Department for Community and Local Government’s Formula Grant, and from local taxation. Whilst this funding is not ring-fenced, it is for local authorities to decide how to apply their funding across all the services they deliver. The Department for Education would expect all local authorities to prioritise services for their most vulnerable children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>A report from the Audit Commission published in November 2013 found that children’s social care has been largely protected from spending reductions from 2010/11 to 2013/14.[1] Council spending on children’s social care on average increased by 1.2 % in real terms over this period and aggregate spending on children’s social care was set to increase by a further 0.4 % from 2012/13 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, over the period 2010/11 to 2014/15, this Department has spent between £30 and £50 million per year on safeguarding, which includes programmes whose focus is to prevent and tackle abuse and neglect. This spending has fulfilled specific work by local authorities and by voluntary and community sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf" target="_blank">www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209347 question first answered 14/10/2014 14:06:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92004

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's Child Protection Information Sharing project, what guidance will be given to NHS staff on sharing information with relevant local authorities, police forces and care homes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Child Protection – Information Sharing (CP-IS) project will allow the sharing of child protection information between NHS unscheduled care settings and local authority children’s services staff only. The information will not be shared with care homes or the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CP-IS will hold child protection information only for children in England who are subject to a child protection plan or are looked after by a local authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>When NHS staff interrogate the CP-IS service, the system will share electronically the following information with the local authority responsible for the child: the time and date of the query, the name of the NHS healthcare worker who made the query, and the NHS organisation from within which the query was generated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CP-IS will not introduce information sharing over and beyond what is currently shared by NHS staff and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health &amp; Social Care Information Centre has published guidance on its website for NHS and local authority staff on how to use the CP-IS system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/10/2014 16:13:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe