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759870

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield: Pay Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the (a) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, (b) Sellafield Ltd and (c) trade unions on the pay dispute at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	10182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Sellafield pay dispute is a matter to be resolved between the management at Sellafield Limited and its workforce. Officials are in daily contact with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in respect of this issue, but there have been no direct discussions with the other two parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/09/2017 09:43:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

759871

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield: Industrial Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) Departmental officials have had with members of the management at Sellafield Ltd in West Cumbria in the last 18 months on industrial relations at Sellafield.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	10185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Sellafield industrial relations, including the current discussions on pay, are a matter to be resolved between the management at Sellafield Limited and its workforce. No meetings have taken place between the Sellafield management and Departmental Ministers on the matter of industrial relations in the last 18 months. Departmental officials engage with key stakeholders when developing policy proposals, and industrial relations have been a raised at meetings with the management of Sellafield Limited over the last 18 months, particularly whilst negotiating pension reform proposals.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/09/2017 09:41:11 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

759872

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sellafield: Pay Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support a resolution to the pay dispute at Sellafield Ltd in West Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	10186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The pay dispute on the Sellafield site is a matter to be resolved between the management at Sellafield Limited and its workforce. Officials are in daily contact with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in respect of this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/09/2017 09:39:21 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

758998

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between the commencement of an employment and support allowance appeal and a decision was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	9646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>United Kingdom<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Barnsley <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>South Yorkshire <sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Average Clearance Time (Weeks)<sup> 4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA <sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA<sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA<sup>7</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. HM Courts and Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. Data are therefore for those appellants only. The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service administers ESA and PIP appeals for appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p>2 Barnsley data include all cases attributed to this venue.</p><p>3. South Yorkshire includes the venues: Barnsley, Sheffield and Doncaster. Data include all cases attributed to these venues.</p><p>4 Average Clearance Time - time taken for appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</p><p>5. Financial year April to March.</p><p>6. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p>7. Includes Employment &amp; Support Allowance and Employment &amp; Support Allowance (Reassessments).</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p><p>The data may differ slightly to those of the published stats as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9647 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:05:40 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

758190

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance NHS England publishes on minimising GP appointment drop-outs and did-not-attends.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	9125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England does not currently hold information on the number of patients who did not attend general practitioner (GP) appointments on either a local or national level. NHS England has directed NHS Digital to gather this information as a part of a new national collection of GP workload information. This collection will begin shortly.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has not issued guidance on minimising missed GP appointments. This is tackled on a local level as GP practices are best placed to understand the needs of their patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9124 question first answered 14/09/2017 14:24:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

758191

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many did-not-attends and drop-outs from appointments occurred in GP practices in (a) Barnsley and (b) England in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	9124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England does not currently hold information on the number of patients who did not attend general practitioner (GP) appointments on either a local or national level. NHS England has directed NHS Digital to gather this information as a part of a new national collection of GP workload information. This collection will begin shortly.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has not issued guidance on minimising missed GP appointments. This is tackled on a local level as GP practices are best placed to understand the needs of their patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9125 question first answered 14/09/2017 14:24:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

758244

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 5241, what her Department's definition is of an exceptional circumstance that would validate a refund to people who have submitted a visa application under her Department's Priority Service scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	9158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration consider all requests for refunds on a case by case basis. Whether a refund is issued will depend on the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>Requests should be made via the complaints process:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure#how-to-complain</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/09/2017 13:04:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

754485

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will seek to repeal the Fixed Terms Parliament Act 2011.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	6705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government stated in its manifesto its intention to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. Under the Act, the Prime Minister will make arrangements in 2020 for committee to carry out a review of the operation of the Act and, if appropriate, to make recommendations for its repeal or amendment. The Government believes that it is right for the committee to review the operation of the Act, before repealing it, to inform decisions about the nature of the repeal.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/09/2017 13:31:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

754620

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Barnsley and (ii) the UK in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	6680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>At local authority level, average class size figures are calculated and published annually for Key Stages 1 and 2, within primary level, for all authorities in England. The most recent figures can be found in local authority and regional table 11 of the statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>. Local authority level data at secondary level is not available.</p><p>A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/09/2017 07:04:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

754622

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children was eligible for free school meals in (a) Barnsley and (b) the UK in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	6679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the proportion of children eligible for free school meals are published, for all authorities in England, annually. The most recent figures can be found in the statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p>A table of figures for the last seven years has been provided below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Proportion of children eligible for free school meals, time series: percentages</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Nursery and primary schools</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>18.7</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>21.3</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>21.5</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>source: school census</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 09:46:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock