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1142978

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date	02/09/2019
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	Children: Day Care
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the application of business rates to domestic childcare settings on those childcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Businesses which use a small part of a home for their trade will not usually have to pay business rates. However, the Valuation Office Agency is responsible for determining whether premises are rateable and, in the case of childcare providers, might consider factors such as the extent to which the home has been modified and whether the part of the property used is still suitable for domestic occupation. The Government has doubled the threshold for small business rate relief, meaning that 675,000 businesses with rateable values under £12,000 now pay no business rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/09/2019 15:37:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143000

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription penalty charge notices issued by the NHS Business Authority have been overturned because the person was confirmed to have paid in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the total number of Penalty Charge Notices closed because the patient had paid for the prescription.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year in which case started</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>13,467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>21,497</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/09/2019 15:08:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143107

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Truancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will respond to the petition entitled Stop treating school refusal as truancy hosted by 38 Degrees from Not Fine in School which calls for the creation of a new legal attendance / absence code that will measure the scale of school refusal.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department trusts schools to record, authorise and monitor attendance effectively and to work constructively with individual parents and pupils to improve school attendance where it is a problem.</p><p> </p><p>The law places a duty on parents to ensure that their child attends school regularly where the child is of compulsory school age and registered at a school. The Education Act 1996 also sets out the situations in which an absent pupil will not be taken to have failed to attend school regularly, such as where the child was prevented from attending due to illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that mental health problems can have an impact on a pupil’s attendance and the guidance to schools is clear that they should authorise pupil absence due to illness (both physical and mental health related) unless they have genuine cause for concern about the veracity of an illness. If the authenticity of illness is in doubt, schools can request parents to provide medical evidence to support absence, but this is not mandatory.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory Special Educational Need and Disability Code of Practice sets out the approach that schools should take when staff notice an emerging issue, including mental health issues. Where more serious problems occur, schools should expect pupils and families to be able to access support from specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities must arrange suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would not receive suitable education without such provision. The Department’s statutory guidance states that local authorities should provide such education as soon as it is clear that a child will be away from school for 15 days or more, whether consecutive or cumulative.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 284514 284778 question first answered 05/09/2019 16:32:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143108

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Truancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the petition entitled Stop treating school refusal as truancy hosted by 38 Degrees from Not Fine in School, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new legal attendance / absence code to measure the scale of school refusal.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department trusts schools to record, authorise and monitor attendance effectively and to work constructively with individual parents and pupils to improve school attendance where it is a problem.</p><p> </p><p>The law places a duty on parents to ensure that their child attends school regularly where the child is of compulsory school age and registered at a school. The Education Act 1996 also sets out the situations in which an absent pupil will not be taken to have failed to attend school regularly, such as where the child was prevented from attending due to illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that mental health problems can have an impact on a pupil’s attendance and the guidance to schools is clear that they should authorise pupil absence due to illness (both physical and mental health related) unless they have genuine cause for concern about the veracity of an illness. If the authenticity of illness is in doubt, schools can request parents to provide medical evidence to support absence, but this is not mandatory.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory Special Educational Need and Disability Code of Practice sets out the approach that schools should take when staff notice an emerging issue, including mental health issues. Where more serious problems occur, schools should expect pupils and families to be able to access support from specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities must arrange suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would not receive suitable education without such provision. The Department’s statutory guidance states that local authorities should provide such education as soon as it is clear that a child will be away from school for 15 days or more, whether consecutive or cumulative.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 284511 284514 question first answered 05/09/2019 16:32:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143109

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Truancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools are consistent in their responses to cases of school refusal.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department trusts schools to record, authorise and monitor attendance effectively and to work constructively with individual parents and pupils to improve school attendance where it is a problem.</p><p> </p><p>The law places a duty on parents to ensure that their child attends school regularly where the child is of compulsory school age and registered at a school. The Education Act 1996 also sets out the situations in which an absent pupil will not be taken to have failed to attend school regularly, such as where the child was prevented from attending due to illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that mental health problems can have an impact on a pupil’s attendance and the guidance to schools is clear that they should authorise pupil absence due to illness (both physical and mental health related) unless they have genuine cause for concern about the veracity of an illness. If the authenticity of illness is in doubt, schools can request parents to provide medical evidence to support absence, but this is not mandatory.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory Special Educational Need and Disability Code of Practice sets out the approach that schools should take when staff notice an emerging issue, including mental health issues. Where more serious problems occur, schools should expect pupils and families to be able to access support from specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities must arrange suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would not receive suitable education without such provision. The Department’s statutory guidance states that local authorities should provide such education as soon as it is clear that a child will be away from school for 15 days or more, whether consecutive or cumulative.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 284511 284778 question first answered 05/09/2019 16:32:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143127

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting solar panels from VAT.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>There may be flexibility to amend VAT rules on solar panels in the future, but while the UK is a member of the EU, it is required to comply with EU VAT rules.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 13:12:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143130

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on making solarized buildings eligible for business rates relief.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to support the take up of solar panels by maintaining the business rates exemption for solar power generating equipment of less than 50kW, between the time of its installation and the next business rates revaluation.</p><p> </p><p>Where energy generated is not for self-consumption, solar panels benefit from the tools of the trade exemption and are not rateable.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 13:15:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143132

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Solar Power
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 her policy is on enabling solar technologies to access the Contracts for Difference auction mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Solar PV has deployed successfully to date in the UK, with 13.5GW installed operational capacity as a result of government policy. Several solar projects are currently deploying without subsidy from the Government and we expect others may follow.</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have been made on future Contracts for Difference allocation rounds for Pot 1 technologies, which include solar.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/09/2019 13:56:53 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143204

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what feedback he has received from families affected by the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	284878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) from January 2013 to ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. It applies to anyone with an individual income over £50,000, who claims Child Benefit or whose partner claims it, regardless of the make-up of their household.</p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) continue to consider ways in which they can improve communications to raise awareness of HICBC. HMRC recently undertook external research and used the findings to make changes to their guidance and communications on HICBC. They also improved the Child Benefit claim form to make clearer what choices people have on HICBC when they claim the benefit.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 14:28:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143825

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in England and Wales in July (a) 2018 and (b) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	285386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes information on the number of police officers in England and Wales as at 31 March and 30 September each year, which are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/10/2019 17:45:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle