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1139000

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: St Helens
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the per capita funding for St Helens Council is in the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	277214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s preferred measure of local government funding is Core Spending Power (CSP). The Department does not publish CSP per capita, but CSP per dwelling is published on the Department’s website:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F774223%2FCore_Spending_Power_Summary.xlsx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShafi.Khan%40communities.gov.uk%7C36aace8ffc41466ab65f08d70a11ec6f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636988944401322346&amp;sdata=lrxpp%2B8K3rtjnIcrV0KEm53vG5YjvB02apPgiX%2FOlY0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/774223/Core_Spending_Power_Summary.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/07/2019 12:57:44 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1139001

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of refuges for victims of domestic violence in (a) St Helens borough and (b) the North West.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	277215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold centrally the availability of refuges for victims of domestic violence in St Helens borough and the North West.</p><p>We are currently consulting on the Future Delivery of Support to Victims and their Children in Accommodation-Based Domestic Abuse Services closing on 2 August. The proposals for a statutory duty will require local authorities to convene a Local Partnership Board. Local Partnership Boards will be responsible for robustly assessing need for support for victims and their children in safe accommodation, developing, agreeing and publishing an area-wide Domestic Abuse Strategy, ensuring local commissioning of support services is in line with this to meet the diverse support needs of victims and their children and report to central Government on progress.</p><p>It is our intention that the proposals for a statutory duty, subject to the outcome of the public consultation, will form part of the Domestic Abuse Bill at a later stage.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/07/2019 13:06:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1136342

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Tonsils: Health Services
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 implications for his policies of CCGs and NHS trusts setting higher thresholds for NHS treatment of tonsillitis than for private treatment.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	272271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Tonsillitis can usually be treated either with self-help at home, or in a primary care setting. In certain circumstances, a tonsillectomy may be required. Regardless of the type of provider, clinicians are also expected to use their clinical judgement when deciding how best to treat a patient, based on the presenting symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups, who are responsible for commissioning most non-specialised, secondary care services, set their own criteria regarding the thresholds for National Health Service-funded tonsillectomy, taking into account any relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines or good practice guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:05:05 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1135564

registered interest
date	28/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: North West
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) fire incidents, (b) rescues and (c) total incidents firefighters in the North West have attended in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	270791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office published the latest statistics on incidents attended by fire and rescue services in 2017/18 on 9 May 2019. The number of total incidents, fires, rescue incidents and other emergency incidents attended by fire and rescue services in the North West<sup>1</sup> in each year are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Total incidents </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fires</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rescues<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other emergency incidents<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>94,815</p></td><td><p>43,326</p></td><td><p>2,077</p></td><td><p>49,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>83,832</p></td><td><p>38,004</p></td><td><p>1,985</p></td><td><p>43,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>71,890</p></td><td><p>28,781</p></td><td><p>1,864</p></td><td><p>41,245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>71,595</p></td><td><p>32,010</p></td><td><p>1,611</p></td><td><p>37,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>66,279</p></td><td><p>27,593</p></td><td><p>1,724</p></td><td><p>36,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>74,339</p></td><td><p>29,077</p></td><td><p>1,711</p></td><td><p>43,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>78,058</p></td><td><p>28,604</p></td><td><p>1,742</p></td><td><p>47,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>77,021</p></td><td><p>29,389</p></td><td><p>1,724</p></td><td><p>45,908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1 </sup>Includes Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside fire and rescue services</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Includes rescue or evacuation from water, lift release, other rescue / release of persons</p><p><sup>3</sup> Includes all other non-fire incidents and fire false alarms</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/07/2019 15:29:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1135565

registered interest
date	28/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students qualify for free school meals in each secondary school in St Helens North constituency; and what the average proportion of students is who qualify for free school meals in secondary schools in England.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	270792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of students who qualify for free school meals is published at national and school level in the underlying data of the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication. The 2019 publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2019</a>.</p><p>The underlying data file Schools_pupils_and_their_characteristics_2019_pupil_characteristics_UD.csv includes a column for parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/07/2019 14:56:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134566

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations: St Helens
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the need for new police stations in Newton-le-Willows and St Helens; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>It is for democratically elected and accountable Police and Crime Commissioners, working with their Chief Constables, to determine the most effective use of resources to best meet the local needs and priorities of the communities they serve.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/07/2019 15:57:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134567

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starters were eligible for free school meals in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England in each quarter of each academic year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.</p><p>The department publishes data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool in the apprenticeships data library. A link is attached:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 269088 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:55:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134568

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people entering higher education by age 19 in (a) 2018-19 and (b) each of the last five academic years were eligible for free school meals in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) the North West and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes information at a national level on the proportion of students who entered higher education by age 19 who were eligible for free school meals at age 15 in state-funded and special schools.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures for England can be found in Table 1 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/757901/WP2018-MainTables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/757901/WP2018-MainTables.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are not available at regional or parliamentary constituency level.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 15:45:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134569

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starts that were eligible for free school meals started (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher apprenticeships in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) the North West and (iii) England in the first quarter of the academic year (A) 2018-19, (B) 2017-18, (C) 2016-17, (D) 2015-16 and (E) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.</p><p>The department publishes data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool in the apprenticeships data library. A link is attached:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 269086 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:55:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134570

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West hired apprentices in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The most recent statistics on the total number of businesses with apprenticeship starts for the academic years 2012/13 to 2016/17 are published on GOV.UK and are available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750709/apprenticeship_starts_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750709/apprenticeship_starts_tables.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Data on the number of businesses with apprenticeship starts at a national level is provided in table 8A. We do not provide regional or constituency breakdowns of this data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/07/2019 15:55:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn