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1610478

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Lighting: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made on the impact of light pollution on the environment in areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and surrounding areas.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	180611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Our National Parks (NP) and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) have some of the best dark skies across Great Britain and attained some of the earliest dark sky designations in Europe. 53% of our darkest skies are in NPs and AONBs, demonstrating the vital role these places play, and seven of our NPs and AONBs have been internationally recognised for their dark skies and are managed in ways that conserve dark skies for the benefit of people and wildlife.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has worked with other government departments to ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework is clear that policies and decisions should limit the impact of light pollution on local amenities, dark landscapes and nature conservation. We continue to work with partners including leading scientists to review the latest studies and ensure we continue to address key threats to biodiversity.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 20/04/2023 14:39:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1610481

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Supply: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of water sanitation on antibiotic resistance.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	180614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency (EA) have been working with the water industry to research the occurrence and transport of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics through wastewater treatment works as part of the industry funded Chemical Investigations Programme. The results were recently published by UK Water Industry Research (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukwir.org%2Fthe-national-chemical-investigations-programme-2020-2022-volume-1-investigations-into-changes-to-antimicrobial-resistance-through-wastewater-and-sludge-treatment-processes-0&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqtransfers%40defra.gov.uk%7C5dd1ef5f910d4774eb2b08db40076dbc%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638174172863276604%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ILyuUDBNXoCeYS%2FLQItjXvSqB0GMqNK12Ldo6n5a2u8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The National Chemical Investigations Programme 2020-2022 Volume 1 - Investigations into changes to Antimicrobial Resistance through wastewater and sludge treatment processes (ukwir.org)</a>) and next steps are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/04/2023 15:47:50 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1609230

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the National Union of Teachers on the notice provided of future levels of funding for physical activity in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	177697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers and Lecturers amalgamated in 2017 to form the National Education Union (NEU).</p><p>Departmental Ministers and officials have had extensive engagement with the NEU and the other teacher and headteacher unions on school funding. Through the primary physical education (PE) and sport premium, the Department has devoted over £2 billion of ringfenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport since 2013. On 8 March 2023, the Government announced over £600 million of funding across the next two academic years for the PE and Sport Premium and £22 million to fund the School Games Organiser network. The Department is aware of the importance for schools to have this timely confirmation of funding, which will allow them to effectively plan and implement high quality PE and school sport for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/04/2023 17:08:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1609282

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide free access to British Sign Language lessons to those who require it as their primary method of communication.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	177698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The government has no plans to introduce universal free British Sign Language (BSL) courses. Funding is available through the Adult Education Budget (AEB) for qualifications in or focussing on BSL up to and including Level 2. About 60% of the AEB has been devolved to Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority, who determine which provision to fund for learners that are resident in their areas. The Education and Skills Funding Agency provides the remaining funding for learners that are resident in non-devolved areas. Some providers of Community Learning offer BSL courses, and those providers determine the course fees, including levels of fee remission. For qualifications at Level 3 and above, Advanced Learner Loans are available for certain BSL qualifications. BSL qualifications and the appropriate further education funding offer can be found at: <a href="https://www.qualifications.education.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.qualifications.education.gov.uk/Search</a>. If undertaking a BSL qualification that leads to a master’s level qualification, eligible students can access a postgraduate loan, as long as they have not previously accessed the postgraduate loan product, or they already hold a level 7 qualification. Several universities and organisations offer such qualifications.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 20/04/2023 16:22:43 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1608681

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the course completion rate is for people taking full qualifications at (a) NVQ Level 2, (b) NVQ Level 3, (c) T-Level in education and early years, (d) early years apprenticeships, (e) early childhood degree with practitioner competencies and (f) early years Initial Teacher Training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	176565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>In the 2021/22 academic year, the adult (19+) education and training achievement rate for learning at National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 was 83.4%, and the adult (19+) education and training achievement rate for learning at NVQ Level 3 was 75.7%.</p><p>The apprenticeship achievement rate for the Early Years Educator apprenticeship was 53.3%, and the Early Years Practitioner was 42.7% in the 2021/22 academic year. Further information is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4a09cee3-e95c-43e2-36e4-08db30eaf34e" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4a09cee3-e95c-43e2-36e4-08db30eaf34e</a>. The early years lead practitioner apprenticeship was introduced in August 2021 and typically takes 24 months to complete, which means achievement rate data is not currently available.</p><p>The department’s provisional T Level results publication shows data on the outcomes achieved by T Level students in the 2021/22 academic year and is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/provisional-t-level-results/2021-22" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/provisional-t-level-results/2021-22</a>. It shows that 450 students on the Education and Childcare T Level subject area received a ‘Pass’ or above, leading to a pass rate of 93.4% for those who took the assessment. Whilst the 2020 T Level Action Plan shows that approximately 650 initially started an Education and Childcare T Level in September 2020, some students moved to different courses after enrolment. This is a reflection of the novel nature of T Levels and of the impact of the pandemic on students’ learning at that time.</p><p>T Levels are being rolled out in a phased approach to ensure high quality. The number of providers will increase year on year and the department expects student numbers to grow significantly over the next few years. In September 2022, over 2,000 students started a T Level in Education and Childcare. While the majority are expected to study the Early Years occupational specialism, students do not need to make their final decision until the end of their first year of learning.</p><p>For early years initial teacher training, in the 2020/21 academic year, there were 527 final year postgraduate early years teacher trainees, of which 463 (88%) were awarded early years status. Further information is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles</a>.</p><p>The department continues to explore how to best support the early years sector to recruit and retain the staff it needs. We will work closely with the sector to develop plans to grow and support the workforce. The department will share further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 21/04/2023 12:29:10 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1608682

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are training for a full and relevant qualification in early years and childcare and are due to qualify by September 2025.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	176566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>During the 2021/22 academic year (the latest year of available data) there were 52,650 students studying Early Years and childcare qualifications.</p><p>This was comprised of 48,400 learners studying qualifications at English further education (FE) providers and 4,250 full-person-equivalent entrants to Early Years subject areas at English higher education (HE) providers</p><p>For HE, Early Years subjects were defined by the ‘Higher Education Classification of Subject’ (HECOS) codes ‘100457 early childhood studies’, ‘100463 early years education’ and ‘100510 early years teaching’, or any course aim leading to Early Years Teacher Status, such as H12, I12 and I73. For FE, Early Years qualifications were defined as those on the ‘Early Years qualifications achieved in the United Kingdom’ list, which is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualifications-achieved-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-qualifications-achieved-in-england</a>.</p><p>The department does not forecast the number of learners predicted to achieve these qualifications by September 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 20/04/2023 16:12:35 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1608772

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on leasehold reform.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	176567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government has legislated via the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 to protect future leaseholders. Further announcements will be made in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/04/2023 11:05:17 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1608218

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with representatives of the the Fairtrade Foundation to discuss farming support for people in poverty in developing countries in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	175507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development has not yet met with representatives of the Fairtrade Foundation. The FCDO works with organisations like Fairtrade Foundation through its agriculture portfolio, which contains programmes that are designed to support farmers in the most vulnerable countries. For example, with UK International Climate Finance (ICF), we are supporting the Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness programme (CASA), the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), and other agriculture interventions. Officials have consulted Fairtrade Foundation and other sector stakeholders and welcome the opportunity to continue to do so as our work evolves.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 03/04/2023 15:21:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1608278

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority in the last 12 months on support for disabled travellers on flights.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	175508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>Aviation accessibility is a priority for the Government. The Department for Transport has regular discussions with Civil Aviation Authority on a range of relevant topics, including consumer rights, accessibility and ensuring appropriate support is available for passengers who need it.</p><p> </p><p>In June last year, the Department and the Civil Aviation Authority wrote jointly to industry to set out their expectations of the sector, and on 27 March 2023 a joint letter was sent to CEOs across the aviation sector to set out expectations ahead of the Summer 2023 season. These letters included the provision of assistance to disabled and less mobile passengers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2023 09:45:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1607878

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Pakistan on free and fair elections in that country in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	174213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>We respect Pakistan's democratic process and do not interfere in its domestic political affairs. We engage regularly with the Government of Pakistan, including on the upholding of democratic norms.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 174214 question first answered 04/04/2023 15:45:51 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman