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1123962

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Health Services and Social Services: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workforce vacancies in the health and social care sectors.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	249334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>Posts may be vacant, for a variety of reasons including maternity and career breaks. Trusts make decisions based on local needs about how they fill these posts, including looking at short-term options for cover, including bank and agency staff.</p><p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement collect vacancy rates of National Health Service staff from individual NHS trusts and publish them as part of their ‘Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector’ report found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p><p>As at 31 December there were 100,521 full time equivalent vacancies in NHS trusts, this is an 8.4% vacancy rate. Of these, approximately 80% and 85% of the nursing and medical vacancies are being filled by bank and agency staff.</p><p>Skills for Care estimate that there are approximately 110,000 jobs that are vacant in adult social care, this is an 8% vacancy rate.</p><p>The NHS People Plan sets out the next step in our mission to make the NHS a world class employer and deliver the workforce which the NHS needs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2019 16:08:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1122824

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Renewable Energy: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 23 April 2019, Official Report column 626,, what the level of cross-subsidisation has been from the oil and gas industry to the renewables industry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	247124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, the cumulative installed capacity of renewable electricity generation in the UK has increased by 340%, with support costs for deployment being met by the electricity consumer. During this period, tax receipts from the oil and gas industry in the UK amounted to £32.96 billion. Total allocation of general taxation for energy innovation spend has been £3.33bn, of which £3.27bn has been for renewables and low-carbon technologies.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/05/2019 13:00:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1122506

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of staffing levels in homicide and serious crime units within police forces in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	246546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers, as part of the police workforce statistics, published here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Data on the primary functions of police officers (including those whose primary roles are in Serious and Organised Crime Units) can be found in Table_F5 of the accompanying data tables, the latest of which are available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728153/police-workforce-tabs-jul18.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728153/police-workforce-tabs-jul18.ods</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/04/2019 13:22:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1110752

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 226704 on Local Authorities: Work Experience, whether his Department's definition of completed requires completion of the structured study programme and a minimum of 6 months with an employer.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	242895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>Providers are free to design their supported internship programme (a type of post-16 study programme) to fit their local circumstances and to meet the needs of their learners. However, the following principles should be followed and met, in order for a supported internship to be recorded as completed:</p><ul><li><p>A significant majority of the intern’s time must be spent at the employer’s premises (work placements of at least 6 months). Whilst at the employer, the young person will be expected to comply with real job conditions.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Interns must do some form of learning alongside their time at the employer, including relevant aspects of English and maths.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Work placement jobs must work for both the young person and the employer. For the young person, the job must fit with their vocational profile, contribute to their long term career goal and be flexible to address barriers where necessary. For the employer, they must meet a real business need. As the goal is for the young person to end up in paid employment, employers taking on interns should have a job available to offer at the end of it, should the intern meet the standard.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>The provision of support to the young person and to the employer, including job coaching support.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Learning providers must complete the Individual Learner Record funding return confirming that the young person has met the core aims of their supported internship.​</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/04/2019 13:22:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1109487

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Teenage Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of the teenage pregnancy unit in each year since its creation; and how many civil servants were employed within it in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	240592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Teenage Pregnancy Unit was established to drive delivery of national work to reduce under 18 conceptions by 2010. Details of staff numbers and the costs involved are no longer held. Since 2010 this work has been devolved to local authorities. Between 2010 and 2016, the latest year for which data is available, under 18 conceptions fell by 45%.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/04/2019 10:37:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 112580 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1107797

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Pursuits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on police pursuits.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	238664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the difficult job that police drivers do every day to keep road users and the wider public safe. That is why we have worked closely with the police representatives, including the Federation, other government departments and groups representing road users and those advocating road safety to review the law, guidance, procedures and processes surrounding police pursuits. We will shortly announce the next steps following the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/04/2019 15:34:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105215

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a list of attendees to the Prime Minister's knife crime summit.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	237155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The serious youth violence summit takes place in week commencing 1 April and will be attended by the Prime Minister, Secretaries of State and Ministers from a number of government departments, and representatives from across the public, private and voluntary sectors, academia, victims and young people. A list of those who attend will be made available after the summit.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/04/2019 16:04:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105219

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department holds data on the change in the number of schools-based police officers since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	237158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of schools-based officers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 02/04/2019 16:09:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105226

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether representatives from the (a) Department of Health and (b) Department of Education have been to each meeting of the serious violence taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	237165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary, brings together partners from within government and across sectors to drive forward implementation of the Serious Violence Strategy. These partners include representatives from the Department for Education and representatives from the Health sectors who have been present at each of the Taskforce meetings. The Minister of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention attended the last meeting of the Serious Violence Taskforce and is now a permanent member.</p><p><br>Due to the nature of the discussions of the Serious Violence Taskforce, the minutes and actions of the meeting are not available publicly so to ensure an open discussion. The Taskforce is a valuable forum and it has led to the Home Secretary’s recent announcements on a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund, a consultation on the proposed new legal duty to support the public health approach to tackling violence, an independent review of drug misuse, and informed the recent announcement of £100m to support a police surge and investment in Violence Reduction Units.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 237166 question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1105227

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the (a) agendas and (b) attendees of each meeting of the serious violence taskforce from its inception to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	237166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary, brings together partners from within government and across sectors to drive forward implementation of the Serious Violence Strategy. These partners include representatives from the Department for Education and representatives from the Health sectors who have been present at each of the Taskforce meetings. The Minister of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention attended the last meeting of the Serious Violence Taskforce and is now a permanent member.</p><p><br>Due to the nature of the discussions of the Serious Violence Taskforce, the minutes and actions of the meeting are not available publicly so to ensure an open discussion. The Taskforce is a valuable forum and it has led to the Home Secretary’s recent announcements on a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund, a consultation on the proposed new legal duty to support the public health approach to tackling violence, an independent review of drug misuse, and informed the recent announcement of £100m to support a police surge and investment in Violence Reduction Units.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 237165 question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh