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1417991

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include safeguarding from sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy in his Department's guidance entitled Keeping children safe in education.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	905346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance 'keeping children safe in education' (KCSIE) contains extensive safeguarding advice which all schools and colleges must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p><p>It contains extensive advice about all forms of abuse and neglect including the indicators of these harms. KCSIE is clear that all staff should have an awareness of safeguarding issues that can put children at risk of harm. So-called conversion therapy, whilst not explicitly referenced, may well in many instances fall into this category.</p><p>Currently so-called conversion therapy is not illegal, though some of the practices will be as they are already considered to be abusive and/or illegal.</p><p>KCSIE currently contains guidance on matters such as female genital mutilation and other specific harms that are underpinned by legislation. Once similar legislation is in place for so-called conversion therapy we will consider whether it is necessary and/or appropriate to reflect any changes in KCSIE as we do on a routine and annual basis.</p><p>The department has undertaken extensive communications with the sector and continues to consider what more it can do on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) matters such as this.</p><p>We are currently consulting on revisions to KCSIE for 2022, in which we have incorporated departmental advice, such as on the issue of sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges. In particular we have reminded schools and colleges of their legal duties with regard to the Human Rights Act 1998, the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty. We have also included a new section on how children who are LGBT can be targeted by other children. In some cases, a child who is perceived by other children to be LGBT (whether they are or not) can be just as vulnerable as children who identify as LGBT.</p><p>We expect to publish revised guidance for information in May 2022, with it coming into force in September 2022.</p><p>The consultation can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2022 18:21:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1416878

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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	Drax Power Station: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) number of meetings between officials in his Department and Drax Group at which the issue of continuing subsidy payments to Drax beyond 2027 has been raised and (b) dates on which those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	112660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>UK Government officials meet regularly with businesses and stakeholders that are involved in renewable electricity generation. As a major renewable electricity generator in the UK officials meet regularly with Drax Group.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 15:24:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1416879

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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	Power Stations: Biofuels
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 estimate his Department has made of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) each household of renewable subsidies to (i) the Drax power station and (ii) all power stations that burn biomass for energy.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	112661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference schemes support Drax and other power stations that burn biomass to generate renewable electricity. There is no cost to the public purse as both schemes are paid for by compulsory levies on electricity suppliers. In 2020/21, the total cost to suppliers in Great Britain of the support for Drax under the Renewables Obligation was £467.2m, and the cost for all power stations, including Drax, that burn biomass for energy was £914.5m[1]. Payments to individual biomass generating stations supported by the Contracts for Difference scheme are published by the Low Carbon Contracts Company on their Data Portal[2]. The Government does not assess the cost to individual householders of the support specifically for stations using biomass.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Support under the Renewables Obligation is through tradeable certificates. The figures, which are provisional as not all the certificates may have been issued yet, give the cost to suppliers based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 14 January 2022 from their Renewables and CHP Register at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk%2FPublic%2FReportViewer.aspx%3FReportPath%3D%2FDatawarehouseReports%2FCertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse%26ReportVisibility%3D1%26ReportCategory%3D2&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ckatherine.donne%40beis.gov.uk%7C86e6103085524d83384508d9e25e2659%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637789716254280852%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=QN5tQbi73BkAio2bltYLFfkB8QjXCEozLfE0v3G5hDc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/DatawarehouseReports/CertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=2</a></p><p> </p><p>[2] The Low Carbon Contracts Company’s Data Portal is at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lowcarboncontracts.uk%2Fdashboards%2Fcfd%2Factuals-dashboards%2Fhistorical-dashboard&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ckatherine.donne%40beis.gov.uk%7C86e6103085524d83384508d9e25e2659%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637789716254280852%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=sYqhipD4qmpcPlKLmOVF%2FAzS4szDVHTDlR2CcwyittQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/dashboards/cfd/actuals-dashboards/historical-dashboard</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 15:24:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1416009

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	NHS: Dentistry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists that have left the NHS in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	110505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of dentists that have left the National Health Service in the last twelve months. Data on NHS dentists is not available by parliamentary constituency or on the specific date requested. However, the number of dentists providing NHS care from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 is expected to be published in the third quarter of 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 110619 question first answered 28/01/2022 13:00:10 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1416010

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Dentistry: Bath
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 (a) private and (b) NHS dentists in Bath.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	110506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>Data is not held on the number of private dentists by area. Information on the number of National Health Service dentists is held at clinical commissioning group (CCG) level. In the ending 31 March 2021, 405 dentists had delivered NHS activity in NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire CCG.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/01/2022 12:34:53 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1416011

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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	Dental Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the mandatory covid-19 vaccination programme on staffing levels in the dental industry.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	110507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell MP) on 18 January 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-10/100611" target="_blank">100611</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/01/2022 13:43:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1405328

registered interest
date	21/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disability: Children and Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children's Partnership Count Disabled Children In polling results, released 17 January 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that 18 per cent of the public thought that disabled children and families got the right support from councils and the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	109355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Disabled Children’s Partnership and we are reviewing the findings of their latest report.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 97) requires local authorities to assess and support the needs of parents/carers as well as those of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Assessments are based on individual needs but should include parents’ well-being and ‘control over day-to-day life’.</p><p>The SEND code of practice also makes clear that local authorities must give their decision in response to any request for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment within a maximum of 6 weeks from when the request was received or the point at which a child or young person was brought to the local authority’s attention.</p><p>However, the SEND system currently does not deliver for all children and young people with SEND. We further recognise that the COVID-19 outbreak disproportionately impacted young people with SEND and their families, which is why we are conducting a review of the SEND system. The department uses data to monitor and assess local authority performance and has been supporting local authorities to meet their statutory duties for SEND, including by providing challenge and support to those local authorities where there are long-standing delays.</p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission continue with their full inspection programme and our team of SEND advisers and colleagues in NHS England are continuing to provide support and challenge to help improve performance.</p><p>Depending on the underlying issues that each local authority faces, such as those relating to EHC assessments, we commission specialist and regional support from our delivery partners or facilitate peer to peer support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 109356 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:56:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1405329

registered interest
date	21/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children's Partnership Count Disabled Children In polling results, released 17 January 2022, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the time taken to consider Education, Health and Care Plan assessments for disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	109356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Disabled Children’s Partnership and we are reviewing the findings of their latest report.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 97) requires local authorities to assess and support the needs of parents/carers as well as those of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Assessments are based on individual needs but should include parents’ well-being and ‘control over day-to-day life’.</p><p>The SEND code of practice also makes clear that local authorities must give their decision in response to any request for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment within a maximum of 6 weeks from when the request was received or the point at which a child or young person was brought to the local authority’s attention.</p><p>However, the SEND system currently does not deliver for all children and young people with SEND. We further recognise that the COVID-19 outbreak disproportionately impacted young people with SEND and their families, which is why we are conducting a review of the SEND system. The department uses data to monitor and assess local authority performance and has been supporting local authorities to meet their statutory duties for SEND, including by providing challenge and support to those local authorities where there are long-standing delays.</p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission continue with their full inspection programme and our team of SEND advisers and colleagues in NHS England are continuing to provide support and challenge to help improve performance.</p><p>Depending on the underlying issues that each local authority faces, such as those relating to EHC assessments, we commission specialist and regional support from our delivery partners or facilitate peer to peer support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 109355 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:56:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1402451

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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	Energy Company Obligation
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 assessment he has made of effectiveness of the Energy Company Obligation in respect of tackling fuel poverty and climate change; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	102745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Company Obligation Scheme has been in place since January 2013 and has delivered around 3.3 million improvements in 2.3 million homes up to the end of October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>To date, the Energy Company Obligation Scheme has delivered £6.6 billion in Lifetime Bill Savings up to the end of October 2021 and an estimated lifetime energy saving of 211,300 Gigawatt Hours.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Energy Company Obligation Scheme began in 2013, the average energy efficiency rating in England has increased from 59, to 66 in 2020. During that same period, 2012-2019, the number of fuel poor households in England fell from 4.4million to 3.2million.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2019, the Department appointed Kantar to undertake a scheme evaluation, reporting in late 2022. The initial findings of the evaluation show that overall, more than half of households surveyed (57%) said they had benefitted a fair amount or a great deal from having the energy saving measures installed. Benefits cited by participants included savings on energy bills, a more comfortable temperature in the home and reduced worry about heating their home.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2022 18:00:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1402452

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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	Energy Company Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will commit to taking forward plans to implement the new iteration of the Energy Company Obligation Scheme, ECO4.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	102746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Last summer, the Government consulted on extending the Energy Company Obligation Scheme from 2022-26 and expanding it to £1billion per year. The Government keeps all costs on bills under review and will issue a response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2022 17:59:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse