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1104904

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	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) domestic violence protection notices and (b) domestic violence protection orders have been issued in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	236335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) were rolled out across all 43 police forces in England Wales from 8 March 2014.</p><p>Table A shows ONS published data for the number of Domestic Violence Protection Notices both applied for and granted by the police in the last two financial years. Data prior to 2017 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>DVPNs applied for</p></td><td><p>DVPNs granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONS stats for Year Ending March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,408</p></td><td><p>4,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONS stats for Year Ending March 2017</p></td><td><p>3,245</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) Not all police forces could provide data to HMICFRS, therefore the total of applications granted may be greater than the total made.</p><p>Table B below shows the available information on the number of Domestic Violence Protection Orders that were issued by the courts during the period in question.</p><p>(Data only available from December 2014 as the Magistrates’ Courts case management and management information systems only began separately recording Domestic Violence Protection Orders from that date.)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>DVPOs granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 - March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,878 (HMICFRS data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 – June 2017</p></td><td><p>3,698 (HMICFRS data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 - March 2016</p></td><td><p>3,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2014 - March 2015</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The draft Domestic Abuse Bill published on January 21 includes measures to introduce a new Domestic Abuse Protection Notice and Domestic Abuse Protection Order. This new order would bring together the strongest elements of existing orders to provide better protection to victims of domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/03/2019 17:33:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1105112

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	National Insurance Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Insurance Contributions Series CA12 Training for further employment and your National Insurance record and Section 7 of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 SI 1975/556, whether National Insurance credits for approved training can used towards the Second Contribution Condition for Incapacity Benefit.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	237041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>A person undertaking training approved by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions will be awarded Class 1 National Insurance credits. These credits would have helped to satisfy the second contribution condition for Incapacity Benefit before it was abolished.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/04/2019 12:06:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1105133

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made on abolishing VAT on sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	237113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to applying a zero rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) to women’s sanitary products in the UK at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018, the European Commission brought forward a legislative proposal to enhance Member States’ flexibility to apply reduced and zero rates of VAT. This proposal remains under discussion in the EU and, if it is agreed by Member States, would give the UK the legal ability to zero rate women’s sanitary products.</p><p> </p><p>The Romanian Presidency has stated its intention to progress negotiations on this proposal during its current term.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/04/2019 15:40:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1105134

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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 assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of demand for children’s social care services on the adequacy of funding allocated to local authorities to provide those services.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	237047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>We monitor the number of children looked-after, the number of children with child protection plans, and children in need on an ongoing basis.</p><p>Local authority level data since 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>National level children in need and service use since 2010 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a>, and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The most common factors recorded in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse and mental health. These have been consistently the top 2 factors for the years during which we have collected this data and have risen in line with trends in demand.</p><p>Over the 5-year period to 2019-20, councils have access, through the local government finance settlement (LGFS), to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. Core spending power has increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.4 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.</p><p>The Department for Education are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at LGFSs.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237048 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:31:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1105135

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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 assessment he has made of trends in the level of demand for children’s social care services in the timeframe of the next Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	237048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>We monitor the number of children looked-after, the number of children with child protection plans, and children in need on an ongoing basis.</p><p>Local authority level data since 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-interactive-tool-lait</a>.</p><p>National level children in need and service use since 2010 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a>, and: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The most common factors recorded in children’s social care assessments are domestic abuse and mental health. These have been consistently the top 2 factors for the years during which we have collected this data and have risen in line with trends in demand.</p><p>Over the 5-year period to 2019-20, councils have access, through the local government finance settlement (LGFS), to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. Core spending power has increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.4 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>In addition to this the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019-20 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making.</p><p>The Department for Education are working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at LGFSs.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237047 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:31:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1105162

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Dangerous Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that dog attacks on cats are recorded by police forces when he meets with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to discuss a new approach to tackling dog attacks.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	237054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Defra works closely with the National Police Chief’s Council and we will continue to discuss the ways in which dog attacks are recorded, including how attacks on other animals including cats are recorded.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2018 Defra commissioned research in collaboration with Middlesex University to look at responsible ownership of dogs. The research will consider different approaches and the effectiveness of current dog control measures, including the use of Community Protection Notices (CPNs), the data recorded in relation to dog attacks and make recommendations. The research will also seek to identify and examine the factors and situations that may cause dog attacks and how to promote responsible dog ownership.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to have an interim report at the beginning of September 2019 with a final report at the end of the year. We will consider the research findings before taking any decisions in relation to dog control measures.</p><p> </p><p>The detail on what CPNs were used for is not collected centrally but research[1] has shown that in a sample of 73 local authorities, the single biggest category for issuing a CPN (29%) to young persons was for animal related purposes and of those, most were dog related.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <em>Anti-social Behaviour Powers and Young Adults – The Data</em>, Helen Mills and Matt Ford, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, July 2018 <a href="https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/YASE%20briefing%201%2017-07-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/YASE%20briefing%201%2017-07-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 237055 question first answered 02/04/2019 09:29:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1105166

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Expenditure
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 15 March 2019 to Question 229154 on Department for Education: Public Expenditure, how much of the (a) £23 billion his Department has allocated to the school estate and (b) £7 billion his Department has allocated for the creation of new school places between 2015 and 2021 will be spent in the fiscal year (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18, (iii) 2018-19, (iv) 2019-20 and (v) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	237123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s Supplementary Estimate publishes budgets for school's capital programmes annually, which are set out as below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5.170 million</p></td><td><p>£4.393 million</p></td><td><p>£4.663 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Detailed spending plans for future financial years will be set out in future Main and Supplementary Estimates. The sources for this information are available here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Estimates-Memoranda/Department-for-Education-Supplementary-Estimate-2017-18-Memorandum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Estimates-Memoranda/Department-for-Education-Supplementary-Estimate-2017-18-Memorandum.pdf</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Department-for-Education-Main-Estimate-2018-19-Memorandum%20.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Department-for-Education-Main-Estimate-2018-19-Memorandum%20.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed £7 billion to create new school places between 2015 and 2021. This includes spend in 2015-16 as well as the years specified in the question. The Department’s main capital funding for new school places is through the annual basic need allocations. The payment schedule for these allocations can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also committed £365 million between 2018 and 2021 to create new places and improve facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. The payment schedule can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-provision-capital-funding-for-pupils-with-ehc-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-provision-capital-funding-for-pupils-with-ehc-plans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Additional school places are also created through other capital programmes, including the Condition Improvement Fund, to which a link can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2019 15:42:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 111288 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1105183

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tate Galleries: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) management and (b) staff at Tate Galleries in (a) Liverpool, (b) London and (c) St Ives on the 2018 pay award and ballots of PCS and Prospect members for strike action.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	237059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Tate Group is an arm’s length body of the department, and as such has operational independence from government, including on matters of pay. Whilst I am therefore aware of discussions relating to the 2018 pay award and the ballots of PSC and Prospect members, neither I nor my officials are taking an active role in discussions with Tate management or staff on the matter.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/04/2019 10:18:56 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1105192

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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, how many children are currently eligible for 15 hours of free childcare for disadvantaged two-year olds; and what proportion of eligible children are in receipt of that childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	237141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>In January 2018, 154,960 two year olds benefitted from funded early education, representing 72% of the eligible population. Local authority breakdowns are available in Tables 1A and 8LA of the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2018’ national statistics release, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2018</a>.</p><p>The 2019 national statistics release, covering the position in January 2019, will be published in June 2019.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237202 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:38:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1105194

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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 the average cost to the public purse is of providing 15 hours of free childcare for a disadvantaged two-year old.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	237142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The average cost to the public purse of providing 15 hours, across 38 weeks, of free childcare for a disadvantaged two-year-old is around £3,080.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/04/2019 14:04:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin