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1146422

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Garston and Halewood
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 the reduction in funding for high needs support on mainstream SEND provision in the Garston and Halewood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as the department does not break funding allocations down to a constituency level.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the cost of additional support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before the creation of the blocks within the DSG in 2013-14.</p><p>In 2020-21, we will provide more than £700 million in additional high needs funding, bringing the national high needs funding total to over £7 billion. Every local authority will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of their population aged 2-18 years old. We will provide provisional allocations to local authorities in October.</p><p>Schools and high needs funding allocations for 2013-14 to 2019-20 are as follows. In December 2018, the department allocated an additional £250 million of high needs funding nationally, in recognition of funding pressures. This additional funding is included within the final totals displayed.</p><p>In Knowsley:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£87.9 million</p></td><td><p>£19.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£86.3 million</p></td><td><p>£19.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£85.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£85.4 million</p></td><td><p>£19.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£87.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£89.7 million</p></td><td><p>£19.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£92.5 million</p></td><td><p>£20.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>And in Liverpool:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£266.9 million</p></td><td><p>£41.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£267.3 million</p></td><td><p>£42.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£289.0 million</p></td><td><p>£44.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£292.9 million</p></td><td><p>£44.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£301.1 million</p></td><td><p>£46.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£302.6 million</p></td><td><p>£47.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£310.3 million</p></td><td><p>£49.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Both of these blocks are funded on a per-pupil basis, so where there are reductions in funding from one year to the next, this is a reflection of a reduction in pupil numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291244 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:24:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146423

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Knowsley and Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to (a) Liverpool City Council and (b) Knowsley Borough Council to support children with SEND needs in each year since April 2010.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as the department does not break funding allocations down to a constituency level.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the cost of additional support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before the creation of the blocks within the DSG in 2013-14.</p><p>In 2020-21, we will provide more than £700 million in additional high needs funding, bringing the national high needs funding total to over £7 billion. Every local authority will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of their population aged 2-18 years old. We will provide provisional allocations to local authorities in October.</p><p>Schools and high needs funding allocations for 2013-14 to 2019-20 are as follows. In December 2018, the department allocated an additional £250 million of high needs funding nationally, in recognition of funding pressures. This additional funding is included within the final totals displayed.</p><p>In Knowsley:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£87.9 million</p></td><td><p>£19.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£86.3 million</p></td><td><p>£19.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£85.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£85.4 million</p></td><td><p>£19.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£87.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£89.7 million</p></td><td><p>£19.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£92.5 million</p></td><td><p>£20.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>And in Liverpool:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£266.9 million</p></td><td><p>£41.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£267.3 million</p></td><td><p>£42.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£289.0 million</p></td><td><p>£44.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£292.9 million</p></td><td><p>£44.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£301.1 million</p></td><td><p>£46.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£302.6 million</p></td><td><p>£47.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£310.3 million</p></td><td><p>£49.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Both of these blocks are funded on a per-pupil basis, so where there are reductions in funding from one year to the next, this is a reflection of a reduction in pupil numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291243 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:24:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146424

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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	Social security Benefits: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that young people with SEND who are (a) in full-time further education and (b) aged 20 or above have sufficient financial support to complete their studies.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education will be investing over £700 million in additional high needs funding to support young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in education. This represents an increase of over 11% on the funding available this year, bringing the total high needs funding budget to over £7 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Every local authority will see a minimum increase of 8% per head of 2 to 18 population to their high needs funding. The Department for Education will provide provisional allocations for individual local authorities in October.</p><p /><p>A disabled student determined to have Limited Capability for Work (Work Related Activity Group) or Limited Capability for Work Related Activity (Support Group), in receipt of PIP/DLA, who has moved from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit following a change in circumstances, with no break in their claim will meet the criteria to receive Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>A person requiring financial support is able to claim Universal Credit alongside their PIP/DLA payments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/10/2019 10:09:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146425

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Invest NI
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Northern Ireland Office will make it its policy to support Invest NI in hosting visits by Ambassadors to the UK to the Causeway Coast.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Trade promotion is a devolved matter and we continue to work hard to restore a stable devolved government in Northern Ireland which can work with the UK Government to promote Northern Ireland's attractiveness for overseas investment and showcase all that Northern Ireland has to offer, including the Causeway Coast area. Arrangements for visits by Ambassadors are a matter for Invest NI and Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy, supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:51:21 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146426

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Business: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting the system used in England and Wales by which businesses can make claims against debtors who refuse to pay outstanding debts.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and any system for businesses to make claims against debtors who have not paid their outstanding debts is one that is best considered by locally elected and accountable Ministers. It is for matters such as this that it is important that we get Stormont back up and running as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:52:21 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146427

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Gifts and Endowments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office's transparency data on ministerial gifts, what estimate he has made of the total value of all gifts given to the Prime Minister between July 2016 and July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	291369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Details of gifts given to Ministers are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Information on gifts given to Ministers from April to June 2019 will be published shortly. Information on gifts given to Ministers from July to September 2019 is expected to be published in December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/09/2019 08:55:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1146428

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department made a cash payment to a civil servant as a result of offence allegedly caused by a royal portrait on display in the Northern Ireland Office.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate to comment on any individual case. The Northern Ireland Office, takes its responsibilities under Fair Employment legislation very seriously; the requirements of which are set out in the 1989 Fair Employment Code of Practice. The NIO also operates in line with the Equality Commission of Northern Ireland’s Guide ‘Promoting a Good and Harmonious Working Environment’. A portrait of the Queen, as head of state, is on display in the public area of Stormont House alongside a balanced set of images celebrating and reflecting the work of the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:54:06 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146449

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 217589, for what reasons his Department did not include timber building materials in the bespoke fire safety testing commissioned by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	291390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned the Building Research Establishment to undertake bespoke medium scale tests on timber cladding panels as part of the ongoing Non-Aluminium Composite Material research.</p><p>This programme began in April 2019 and the preliminary testing concluded in the Summer. This is now in an analysis phase and the research findings will be published in Autumn. Subject to the research findings, a decision will be made as to the testing of further materials used on external wall systems, including timber cladding.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/10/2019 14:37:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1146450

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September to Question 286248, whether his Department attempted to procure (a) non-fire retardant zinc composite material and (b) copper composite material cladding with a polyethylene core from outside the UK for testing as part of the Building Research Establishment testing programme commissioned by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	291391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the question UIN 286248 on 03 September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/10/2019 15:09:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1146451

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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	NHS: 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, with reference to the letter from Lord O’Shaughnessy to the hon. Member for Sheffield Central on 21 December 2017, what progress the Government has made on its review of upfront charging and extending charges to out-of-hospital care and care providers by non-NHS organisations.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	291392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>As part of the review of the 2017 Amendment Regulations, the Department engaged with a number of external stakeholders and received evidence from over 60 organisations and individuals. The findings of this review were announced in the Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-12/HCWS1174/" target="_blank">HCWS1174</a>) laid by the then Minister of State for Health (Stephen Hammond MP) on 12 December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/10/2019 11:13:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield