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1623749

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average decision wait time was for new Personal Independence Payment applications over the last year; and how many applications were awaiting a decision on 25 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	182594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The average decision wait times for new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications can be found in the latest published release: <a href="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1141841%2Ftables-pip-statistics-to-january-2023-eng-wales.xlsx&amp;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK" target="_blank">“Personal Independence Payment statistics to January 2023”.</a> Particularly, table 1A shows PIP average actual clearance times (median number of weeks) for normal rules, new claims in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Clearance time measures do not include claims that were withdrawn by the claimant or claims that were disallowed by the DWP prior to referral to the assessment providers (e.g. for failure to meet basic eligibility criteria).</li></ul><p> </p><p>The number of PIP applicants awaiting a decision has been interpreted as those who had registered a claim, but which had not been cleared. This includes some who may eventually be disallowed pre-assessment, those awaiting an assessment, and those awaiting a decision following an assessment. On 31 January 2023 this stood at 207,000 claims.<strong><br> </strong><br> Source: PIP Atomic Data Store (ADS).</p><p><br> Notes:</p><ul><li>Data excludes Scotland, in line with the latest published figures on PIP;</li><li>Figure is for new claims normal rules only; and</li><li>Figure is rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/05/2023 10:22:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1623358

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend the period of time within which employers can use their apprenticeship levy funds from 24 to 36 months.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	182298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting more employers in all sectors to use apprenticeships to develop the skilled workforces they need. The department is committed to supporting more people to benefit from the sustained, high-quality training that apprenticeships offer.</p><p>Levy-payers can spend their levy funds on over 660 apprenticeship standards and the department is encouraging more flexible training models so employers can train their apprentices in the ways that work best for them.</p><p>The department considers that a period of 24 months before levy funds expire gives employers ample time to plan their apprenticeship programmes and create new apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p>The department’s reforms have raised the quality of apprenticeships, giving apprentices confidence that they will receive stretching and sustained training. We continue to support and safeguard apprenticeship quality through several measures, including minimum duration requirements for off-the-job training, provider accountability monitoring, the 12-month minimum period of training, and Ofsted inspection and monitoring visits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 182301 question first answered 27/04/2023 16:43:19 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1623372

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
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 December 2022 to Question 111601 and the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 117608 on Visas: Ukraine, what information her Department holds on the reasons for Ukrainian visa holders not arriving in the UK following the issuing of those visas.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	182299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The full outputs of this survey have not been published because <del class="ministerial">of concerns about data quality.</del><ins class="ministerial">it is not in a reportable format.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/04/2023 16:58:41 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2023 09:50:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 71969 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1623373

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
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 12 January 2023 to Question 117608 on Visas: Ukraine, whether her Department plans to publish any information from the online survey of people who held Ukraine Family Scheme or Homes for Ukraine visas but who had not yet arrived in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	182300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The full outputs of this survey have not been published because of concerns about data quality.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 182299 question first answered 27/04/2023 16:58:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1623382

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to remove the 12-month minimum course requirement for the use of apprenticeship levy money.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	182301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting more employers in all sectors to use apprenticeships to develop the skilled workforces they need. The department is committed to supporting more people to benefit from the sustained, high-quality training that apprenticeships offer.</p><p>Levy-payers can spend their levy funds on over 660 apprenticeship standards and the department is encouraging more flexible training models so employers can train their apprentices in the ways that work best for them.</p><p>The department considers that a period of 24 months before levy funds expire gives employers ample time to plan their apprenticeship programmes and create new apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p>The department’s reforms have raised the quality of apprenticeships, giving apprentices confidence that they will receive stretching and sustained training. We continue to support and safeguard apprenticeship quality through several measures, including minimum duration requirements for off-the-job training, provider accountability monitoring, the 12-month minimum period of training, and Ofsted inspection and monitoring visits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 182298 question first answered 27/04/2023 16:43:19 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1623383

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how regularly her Department plans to update the Shortage Occupation List.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	182302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government reviews the Shortage Occupation List more regularly, following recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), so that the legal migration system is quicker and more responsive to the needs of businesses and the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The MAC currently has a call for evidence open for its latest review. The Call for Evidence closes on 26<sup>th</sup> May 2023 and the Government encourages sectors experiencing labour shortages to submit their evidence to the MAC.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/04/2023 16:22:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1608545

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of increasing Child Benefit by £20 per week.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	176602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>To ensure that Child Benefit payments retain their value, from April 2023, they will increase in line with September 2022 CPI (10.1%).</p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes details of historic and forecast benefit expenditure, including Child Benefit, on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/04/2023 11:21:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1608546

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	Free School Meals: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to expand Free School Meals to all children with families in receipt of Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	176603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of pupils receiving a free school meal (FSM) has increased by more than two million. This increase in provision is due to the introduction of Universal Infant Free School Meals and protections put in place as benefit recipients move across to Universal Credit. Over a third of pupils in England now receive FSM, compared with one in six in 2010.</p><p>The Department believes that the current eligibility threshold level, which enables children in low income households to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one. The Department does not have plans to change the current eligibility conditions for FSM, but will continue to keep eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. The Department continues to monitor the consequences of the rising cost of living and is working with other Government Departments to provide support to disadvantaged families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/04/2023 15:34:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1608236

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of families expected to be on the Healthy Start Scheme in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	175581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>We have no current plans to make a specific estimate.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 17/04/2023 08:13:43 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1605269

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the use of hotels as contingency accommodation for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	904175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>This government does not want to continue the use of hotels for a day longer than necessary. We are as frustrated as the public are at the cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>Our strategy is to limit hotels wherever possible by increasing dispersal accommodation agreed with local authorities and by making use of large sites. We are working with the MoD to make use of disused military sites.</p><p>Migrants will be housed in decent, but not luxurious accommodation, that does not create a pull factor to the UK.</p><p>The Government can’t build it’s way out of this challenge, nor can the UK taxpayer afford to do so. The only sustainable answer is to deter individuals from making this dangerous, unnecessary and illegal journey, as we will be doing through our Illegal Migration Bill.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 16:09:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck