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1545765

registered interest
date	28/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Music
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for music lessons in state schools.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	902443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to continued support for music education. The Government published the National Plan for Music Education in June 2022 which sets out the vision for ‘all children and young people to learn to sing, play an instrument and create music together, and have the opportunity to progress their musical interests and talents, including professionally’. At the heart of the new plan is the Model Music Curriculum published in March 2021, which sets out how schools can deliver an excellent music education.</p><p>The Government recognises the vital importance of every child accessing instruments and equipment they need to make progress with music, including technology and adaptive instruments where needed for pupils with SEND. We therefore also announced £25 million of new funding for musical instruments alongside the Plan. This funding will increase the existing stock available to all children and young people. We will work with schools, hubs, Arts Council England and the wider sector to focus on best practice in managing access to instruments and equipment. We will publish further details in due course.</p><p>The Department committed £79 million per year for the Music Hubs programme over three years up to and including 2024-25, which was confirmed with the publication of the Plan. Music Hubs are groups of organisations, such as local authorities, schools, art organisations, community, or voluntary organisations, that work together to create joined-up music education provision and provide specialist music education services to around 90% of state-funded schools. This includes whole class and group ensemble teaching, and individual instrument tuition.</p><p>Hubs also ensure that progression routes are clear and affordable, and some hubs provide instrument loans to children and young people to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2022 17:37:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1543782

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on enabling housing association tenants to purchase their homes.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	902305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Our overall priority as a government is to ensure that more people become home owners, and more people live in secure and safe accommodation whatever their tenancy.</p><p>Right to Buy has helped over 2 million tenants buy homes since 1980. We will be working closely with the Housing Associating sector on the approach to these schemes and will announce any developments in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2022 16:13:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1544093

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the steps taken to support children and young people from Ukraine adapt to UK schools; and whether her Department has any plans to review the requirement for Ukrainian pupils to take English and Maths’ GCSE exams if they cannot show physical proof of having passed previous similar exams.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	92368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department is clear that the best place for all children to be educated is in school and that attending school will help newly arrived Ukrainian children integrate into the communities in which they are living. It is the experience and skill of local authorities and schools that provides the support and care necessary for these children as they adjust to their new lives in the UK.</p><p>Schools and colleges are responsible for deciding which qualifications they enter pupils for, based on what is in their best interests. Schools will want to carefully consider the individual circumstances of the students before deciding the appropriateness of an exam entry. Exam centres should make these decisions carefully on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/11/2022 14:14:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1543139

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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	Marine Conservation Zones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect Marine Conservation Zones.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	902215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Marine Protected Areas are an integral part of how we will protect 30% of our land and sea by 2030. Our seas play a critical role in biodiversity and regulating the Earth’s climate. The ocean absorbs over 90% of all excess heat in the Earth’s system and also provides a home to up to 80% of all life on the planet.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/11/2022 13:13:04 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1541847

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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 progress his Department has made on moving adult claimants on Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	86619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner.</p><p> </p><p>We originally introduced a pause for most Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment activity as part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic on 23 March 2020; the exception being for DLA claimants who reported a change in needs.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently experiencing unprecedented levels of new claims to PIP. Reducing customer journey times for PIP claimants is a priority for the department and we are working constantly to make improvements to our service.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure we have the capacity in place to prioritise new claims and changes in circumstances, we are continuing to pause activity to randomly invite eligible adult DLA claimants to claim PIP. However, we are still continuing to invite DLA claimants to make a claim if they fall into one of the following categories:</p><ul><li>on reaching age 16;</li><li>are nearing the end of their DLA award; or</li><li>report a change of circumstances.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, current DLA claimants who wish to move to claim PIP can do so. DLA claimants who claim PIP in these circumstances continue to receive their DLA while their PIP claim is being assessed.</p><p> </p><p>This action, combined with improvements we have made to the claimant journey, has meant we are seeing a gradual improvement in new claim clearance times and the latest statistics show that the average end-to-end journey has steadily reduced from 26 weeks in August 2021 to 18 weeks at the end of July 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/11/2022 12:06:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1538012

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on Winter Fuel Payments to those who move to Australia; and whether the Government plans to review the list of eligible countries for that payment.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	76128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Winter fuel payments are not payable in Australia. There are no plans to review this policy.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 07/11/2022 12:16:14 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1537185

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
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	Fuel Oil: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59831 on Fuel Oil: Prices, what mechanism will be used to provide the additional payment of £100; whether this will be paid as (a) a lump sum or (b) in instalments; what his planned timetable is for making the payment; whether his Department has up to date records of whether households are (i) on the gas grid and (ii) use gas and electricity companies; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure these eligible households will receive this support.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	73908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Households in Britain eligible for these payments will receive £100 as a credit on their electricity bill this winter. Households that are eligible for, but who do not receive, the Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) or the £100 heat network payment, will receive the £100 via the AFP Alternative Fund, which will be provided by a designated body. The Government will confirm details shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with suppliers and stakeholders to establish how to identify households that are eligible for a payment. If for any reason people are not able to receive the payment automatically, an alternative approach will be established.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:12:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1490462

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
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	Care Homes: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support care home workers.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	901166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>I would like to recognise the enormous contribution care home workers, and all the care workforce, make to this country.</p><p>In our People at the Heart of Care White Paper<em>, </em>we set out a landmark investment of £500 million to develop and support the workforce.</p><p>This a five-fold increase in public spending on workforce training, creating hundreds of thousands of training places with clear pathways for development and progression.</p><p>These measures will make a real difference to the support that care workers get to develop and progress their career.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 19/07/2022 15:52:30 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1488607

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Miscarriage: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to support women who have a miscarriage.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	901086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>Every pregnancy loss is a tragedy, and ensuring grieving families have access to the support they need is one of my highest priorities. Mental health services around England are being expanded to include new mental health “hubs” for new, expectant or bereaved mothers. These will offer physical health checks and psychological therapy in one building. We have funded SANDs, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity to work with other baby loss charities and Royal Colleges to produce and support the roll-out of a National Bereavement Care Pathway to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care provided by the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/07/2022 16:29:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1488445

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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	Horse Riding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support horse riding schools.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	35063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>Defra remains in close contact with the industry and meets regularly with the British Horse Council as well as other equine stakeholders including the British Horse Society to understand issues that are affecting the sector, including for riding schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 19/07/2022 09:41:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker