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926592

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department allocated to mental health services for armed forces personnel in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	154717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Serving and former armed forces personnel and their families access a wide range of services provided by the National Health Service in England, including mental health services. These are not identified separately in clinical commissioning groups’ accounts.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, NHS England was allocated £6.4 million in 2017/18 for bespoke veterans’ mental health services including the Veterans Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison service and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder service.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 154718 question first answered 21/06/2018 11:27:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

926596

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department allocated to mental health services for people who are retired from the armed forces in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	154718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Serving and former armed forces personnel and their families access a wide range of services provided by the National Health Service in England, including mental health services. These are not identified separately in clinical commissioning groups’ accounts.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, NHS England was allocated £6.4 million in 2017/18 for bespoke veterans’ mental health services including the Veterans Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison service and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder service.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 154717 question first answered 21/06/2018 11:27:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

924056

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 with the Department of Health and Social Care to improve outreach methods for parents and children in need of early intervention services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The department is taking a number of steps with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) aimed at improving outreach methods for parents and children in need of early intervention services.</p><p>Statutory guidance 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' is clear that local areas should have a comprehensive range of effective, evidence-based services in place to address assessed needs early. So we are introducing new multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, which put responsibility jointly on local authorities, health and police to put in place services that meet the needs of children and families locally. In making their local arrangements, the safeguarding partners should agree with other relevant agencies the levels for the different types of assessment and services to be commissioned and delivered – which could include outreach services. In implementing these new arrangements, my department is working closely with the DHSC, as well as the Home Office.</p><p>On 4 December 2017 the government published the 'Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision' green paper. It sets out our ambition to go further to ensure that children and young people showing early signs of distress are always able to access the right help, in the right setting, when they need it. There is clear evidence that schools and colleges can, and do, play a vital role in identifying mental health needs at an early stage, referring young people to specialist support and working jointly with others to support young people experiencing problems. We will fund new mental health support teams to provide specific extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help, supervised by NHS children and young people’s mental health staff, whose work will be jointly managed by schools and the NHS.</p><p>My department is also working with Public Health England (an executive agency of DHSC) to help fulfil its ambition in 'Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential', published in December 2017, to close the word gap in the early years. This includes work to trial an early language assessment tool and deliver training and guidance for health visitors on early speech, language and communication needs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/06/2018 15:44:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

924062

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of efficacy of untrained PhD students being employed by universities to teach undergraduates.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on the teaching qualifications of academic staff, but this does not enable an assessment of the efficacy of those staff or any PhD students that are teaching in universities. The Higher Education and Research Act enshrines the principle that higher education institutions are autonomous organisations with freedom to select, appoint, or dismiss academic staff without interference from government. However, the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) recognises and rewards excellent teaching in higher education. The Teaching Quality measure within the TEF core metrics uses data from the National Student Survey, including student views of the teaching on their courses. In addition, the new Office for Students published its regulatory framework in February of this year. This includes a condition that all registered higher education institutions must deliver well designed courses that provide a high quality academic experience for all students – and that providers should have sufficient appropriately qualified and skilled staff to deliver that high quality academic experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/06/2018 16:32:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

923508

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Directors
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 proportion of Local Enterprise Partnership boards comprise representatives from (a) the private sector, (b) the public sector, (c) trade unions, (d) universities, (e) further education colleges and (f) chambers of commerce.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships bring together business and civic leaders across a functional economic area to prioritise investment to where it will most effectively drive growth.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s National Assurance Framework, all Local Enterprise Partnership boards must have a private sector chair, with at least 50% of the rest of the members also coming from the private sector. Other board membership should be drawn from local authority leaders and other relevant public sector organisations. It is for individual Local Enterprise Partnerships to determine the specific composition of their boards, reflecting the economic priorities of their areas.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 18/06/2018 14:59:46 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

923518

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that more mothers are able to access perinatal mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services for women during pregnancy and in the first postnatal year, so that women are able to access the right care at the right time and close to home.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is investing £365 million by 2020/21 in perinatal mental health services. This investment will ensure that by 2020/21 at least 30,000 more women each year will be able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period. This includes access to psychological therapies and specialist community or inpatient care.</p><p> </p><p>A key element of the programme is to increase awareness and skills across the workforce, supporting better identification of perinatal mental illness, early intervention and consequently improved recovery rates.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/06/2018 14:22:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

923520

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Early Intervention Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to increase council funding for early years intervention.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review made available more than £200 billion until 2020 for councils to deliver the local services their communities want to see, including children’s services.</p><p>In addition, by 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support. This is more than any other government and this government support will make childcare more affordable and more accessible.</p><p>Furthermore, in our ambitious plan ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ that the Department published in December 2017, we committed to a £100 million investment to help close the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the next spending review will be in 2019. This will, as normal, consider all elements of government spending, including local government funding and funding for early intervention.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/06/2018 16:31:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 64158 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

922276

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: South Yorkshire
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 ensure the adequacy of funding for schools in South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	152767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Funding for schools is at a record high. Per pupil funding is 50% more in real-term than in 2000.</p><p>The introduction of the national funding formulae is supported by significant extra investment of £1.3 billion across 2018-19 and 2019-20, over and above the budget announced at the 2015 spending review. Core funding for schools and high needs will rise from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £42.4 billion this year and £43.5 billion in 2019-20. This will allow us to maintain school and high needs funding in real terms per pupil for the next two years, and figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that real terms per pupil funding in 2020 will be at least 50% higher than in 2000.</p><p>The following table shows the impact of the fully implemented national funding formula for the four metropolitan boroughs in South Yorkshire. These figures are calculated as if the national funding formula had been implemented in full in 2017-18, with no transitional arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average per pupil funding in 2017-18</p></td><td><p>Average per pupil funding under the full national funding formula</p></td><td><p>% gain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>£4,438</p></td><td><p>£4,839</p></td><td><p>9.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>£4,515</p></td><td><p>£4,679</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>£4,676</p></td><td><p>£4,810</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>£4,406</p></td><td><p>£4,696</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National average</p></td><td><p>£4,499</p></td><td><p>£4,657</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Government recognises that many schools have worked hard to manage the impact of cost pressures on their budgets up to this point. The department provides support, guidance and tools to help schools get the best value from their resources, further details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/06/2018 12:15:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

922319

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department offers to help cover additional childcare costs incurred due to a parent being in the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	152768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Within the United Kingdom childcare is a devolved responsibility, and the statutory entitlement to free childcare for UK residents (including Service personnel and their dependants) may vary depending on where they are stationed within the UK.</p><p> </p><p>All Service personnel and their dependants are currently able to access the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Childcare Voucher Scheme which enables its recipients to make a dual couple saving of up to £1,866 per year. When this scheme closes to new members in October 2018, those Service personnel wishing to benefit from Income Tax and NI savings (who were not claiming before October 2018) will be eligible to join the new Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the universal entitlement to 15 hours of free early education and childcare for children from the term after their third birthday, some English local authorities offer free hours of Ofsted registered childcare targeted to Service personnel with children aged two.</p><p> </p><p>A significant number of nurseries are accommodated on the Defence estate at military bases aimed principally at ensuring nursery provision for Service personnel based at the location concerned. Such nurseries are not operated by Defence but are provided so that personnel have provision close to their place of work and close to their homes when accommodated in Service Families Accommodation. The provision may offer an array of benefits to Service personnel ranging from priority placement to preferential rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In those overseas locations where Service personnel, entitled civilians and their dependants have no statutory entitlement to access host nation provision, the MOD has committed to mirror as far as is reasonably practicable the statutory provision that would have been available in England. Where MOD-provided overseas childcare facilities have sufficient capacity, the 15 hours (universal) and 30 hours entitlement (for eligible working parents) for three and four-year old children will be provided free of charge. In overseas locations where there are no MOD-provided childcare facilities, or such facilities lack sufficient capacity, the additional entitlement will be provided through the MOD Overseas Nursery Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 15/06/2018 13:28:54 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

922320

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support provided to single parents to cover the cost of childcare in the school holidays.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	152769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, the government will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount - to help with the costs of childcare, including childcare in the school holidays.</p><p> </p><p>A single parent is able to access the 30 hours free childcare entitlement if they are earning at least the National Minimum Wage or Living Wage for 16 hours a week. This entitlement is available across 38 weeks of the year. However, the entitlement can be “stretched” by taking fewer hours per week over more than 38 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays, for example 23 hours for 48 weeks of the year. Furthermore, parents are able to use Tax-Free Childcare to support them with paying for childcare support during the school holidays.</p><p> </p><p>We have already increased the level of support for childcare within Universal Credit (UC) from 70% to 85% of eligible childcare costs; its highest ever level. This is more generous than the support available to people on legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>This gives parents, including single parents, up to a maximum of £646.35 per month for one child and £1108.04 per month for two or more children. UC childcare costs are assessed monthly, meaning that where claimants experience a change in their childcare costs, for example an increase during the school holidays, UC childcare costs can increase (up to the maximum award) to meet the household’s needs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/06/2018 13:27:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis