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758875

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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, how many universal credit claimants received advance payments in each month from January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	9501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Any need for an advance payment or other financial or budgeting support should be established at the outset of a claim for Universal Credit. This includes existing benefit claimants who move to Universal Credit through a change of circumstances. In the initial new claim interview, work coaches are trained to offer personal budgeting support and assess whether claimants need help to manage until their first Universal Credit payment. If so they are advised to apply for an advance. Furthermore, additional work has been done by the Department to raise awareness of advances nationally, including providing options on the UC Helpline, and signposting through the new “Universal Credit &amp; you” guide for claimants and on the new online Money Manager tool offered by the Money Advice Service. We will shortly be publishing data on advances.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7326 7497 7616 7617 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:26:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

758055

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2017 to Question 3921, by what process he plans to assess the balance of pay referred to in that Answer for pay awards for public sector workers who are not covered by a pay review body.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	9206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The annual pay awards for public sector workforces not covered by a pay review body will be determined in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 12:57:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

758072

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the pay cap for public sector workers and ensure that the Barnett formula for the devolved institutions is reflected in that decision.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s pay policy has always been designed to strike the right balance between being fair to our public servants and being fair to all those, including public sector workers themselves, whose taxes pay for them. That approach has not changed. We continually assess that careful balance.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 12:56:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

758097

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority was allocated in Discretionary Housing Payment funding in each of the last three years; and how much each authority has spent from that funding in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Details of each local authority’s Discretionary Housing Payment funding and expenditure are published for each financial year and can be found on the GOV.UK website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/09/2017 11:55:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758098

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Discretionary Housing Payments are being spent for the intended purpose by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Discretionary Housing Payments are specifically used for the purpose of helping individuals with their housing costs provided they are in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>These payments are very flexible and can be considered where, in the local authority’s opinion, further financial assistance towards housing costs is required. Local Authorities are able to set their own policy, criteria and application process with payments being made entirely at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9286 question first answered 11/09/2017 12:03:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758105

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who want to access Discretionary Housing Payments are not blocked by overly strict criteria set by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Discretionary Housing Payments are specifically used for the purpose of helping individuals with their housing costs provided they are in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>These payments are very flexible and can be considered where, in the local authority’s opinion, further financial assistance towards housing costs is required. Local Authorities are able to set their own policy, criteria and application process with payments being made entirely at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9288 question first answered 11/09/2017 12:03:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758125

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will encourage exam boards to offer GCSEs in British Sign Language.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	9014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>At present, there are no plans to introduce any further GCSEs beyond those to which the Government has already committed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:27:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

758142

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people and what proportion of eligible families in each local authority area registered for the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds by 1 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	9259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The national rollout of 30 hours free childcare marks the delivery of a manifesto commitment that will help hundreds of thousands of hard working families. The childcare service online application has been working well for the vast majority of parents and over 216,384 valid 30 hours codes have been generated by successful applications, reaching our target for 1st September. As of 6th September, 152,829 eligibility codes for 30 hours free childcare have been validated. These are eligibility codes that were issued by 31st August and validated by 5th September for children aged three by 31st August 2017.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to assess supply and demand of free entitlement places at a local level.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2017 12:22:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

758143

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers registered to deliver the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds by 1 September 2017; and what assessment she has made of whether the number of registered providers is sufficient to meet demand.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	9260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>30 hours free childcare is delivered by providers who are registered with Ofsted. Ofsted publishes a regular series of statistics relating to registration on its website. The latest information on registered providers was published on 14 June - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics.</a></p><p> </p><p>Since 30 hours has only just been introduced nationally, we do not know how many providers intend to deliver the entitlement at this stage. However, our evaluation of the early rollout of 30 hours in four local authorities indicated that over 80% of providers delivering the free entitlement were willing and able to deliver the extended hours -</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2017 12:56:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

758144

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 17 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy, published in March 2017, what progress her Department has made on conducting a feasibility study into growing the graduate early years workforce in disadvantaged areas.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	9263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We are considering a range of approaches to increasing the number of graduates employed in the early years sector, but work is still underway. We will engage the sector in exploring ways to target support where it is most needed. We continue to support graduates into the sector through our funding of the Early Years Initial Teacher Training programme, including bursaries and employer incentives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>To Note:</strong></p><p>Further information about Early Years Initial Teacher Training is available at:</p><p><a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/become-an-early-years-teacher" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/become-an-early-years-teacher</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2017 13:04:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran