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1366950
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-08more like thismore than 2021-11-08
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Primary Education: Teachers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) steps his Department is taking and (b) incentives his Department is offering to help increase the proportion of male teachers in primary education. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 71313 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-17more like thismore than 2021-11-17
answer text <p>Schools should reflect society and the communities they serve, and it is important to attract and retain high-skilled, talented men into teaching.</p><p>The department does this through effective pay structures and by ensuring teaching remains a financially rewarding career. We remain committed to increasing teacher starting salaries to £30,000 to make teaching an attractive graduate option. While the pay restraint in academic year 2021/22 means we are now delivering this commitment to a revised timescale, the 5.5% uplift to starting pay in September 2020 has already made a substantial difference to the competitiveness of the early career pay offer.</p><p>The department’s ‘Teaching – Every Lesson Shapes A Life’ recruitment campaign is targeted at audiences of students, recent graduates and potential career changers regardless of gender, and we take every effort to ensure that our advertising is fully reflective of this across the full range of marketing materials we use.</p><p>In October, Apply for Teacher Training (Apply), our new application service for initial teacher training (ITT) in England, was rolled out nationally. Apply has been designed to be user-friendly and has been extensively tested with a diverse range of potential applicants, including men, to ensure it helps remove barriers to great teachers applying for ITT courses. Apply will also allow us to collect more data, giving us greater insight into candidate behaviour and the behaviour of providers of teacher training so that the department can identify barriers and work closely with ITT providers to explore, design and test new interventions to recruit more candidates from under-represented backgrounds into the sector.</p><p>Alongside a focus on recruitment, it is important we retain male teachers. This will be supported by our work to ensure that all new entrants to teacher training have the best possible start to the early stage of their career, regardless of gender.</p><p>World-class programmes developed by the Department for Education to support the school workforce, including our Early Career Framework (ECF) reforms for those at the beginning of careers and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) to develop our best teaching and leadership talent, is the best training for everyone whatever their background. The ECF reforms provide a funded entitlement for all early career teachers in England to access high quality professional development at the start of their careers. NPQs are now freely available to all teachers in state-funded schools, as well as state-funded 16-19 organisations.</p>
answering member constituency Worcester more like this
answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-17T13:42:36.66Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-17T13:42:36.66Z
answering member
4091
label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1367018
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-08more like thismore than 2021-11-08
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Aerospace Technology Institute: Finance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a statement on the Government’s Spending Review commitment to extend funding for the Aerospace Technology Institute to 2031 to meet its Jet Zero ambitions. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 71314 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-16more like thismore than 2021-11-16
answer text <p>At the October Spending Review, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer extended the £1.95 billion funding commitment to the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme from 2026 to 2031. To date, £1.6 billion has been awarded to over 340 collaborative R&amp;D projects spread across the UK. This activity will help to drive the development of new low and zero-carbon emission aircraft technology, which forms an important part of our Jet Zero ambition to decarbonise aviation.</p><p> </p><p>We will work through the annual profile of funding for the ATI programme, including when the programme will re-open to new R&amp;D grant applications, over the coming months. Further information on the programme will be provided following that work.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North East Derbyshire more like this
answering member printed Lee Rowley more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-16T09:10:50.587Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-16T09:10:50.587Z
answering member
4652
label Biography information for Lee Rowley more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1365992
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-03more like thismore than 2021-11-03
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Casirivimab/imdevimab more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been treated with Ronapreve for covid-19 (a) in each week and (b) in each clinical commissioning group area since that treatment became available; and how many of those recipients had blood cancer. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 69062 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-12-06more like thismore than 2021-12-06
answer text <p>An interim clinical policy for Ronapreve (casirivimab and imdevimab) was published on 17 September 2021 and updated on 4 November. Since September 2021, over 1,200 patients in England have received this treatment.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement collect information from trusts on usage based on the criteria set out in the policy for treatment of patients hospitalised due to COVID-19. The data collection is not designed to identify the number of such patients who have blood cancer. The information on the number of patients treated in each clinical commissioning group area and in each week is not currently available.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Erewash more like this
answering member printed Maggie Throup more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-12-06T17:15:28.417Zmore like thismore than 2021-12-06T17:15:28.417Z
answering member
4447
label Biography information for Maggie Throup more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1365993
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-03more like thismore than 2021-11-03
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Coronavirus: Vaccination more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) in total and (b) with blood cancer have received a third dose of their primary course of the covid-19 vaccination; and if he will publish that data on a daily basis. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 69063 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-12-06more like thismore than 2021-12-06
answer text <p>The data requested is not available in the format requested. Daily data currently combines the total number of booster vaccinations and third primary doses, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations" target="_blank">https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations</a></p><p>There are currently no plans to publish this data in a daily format. All individuals who have severe immunosuppression, including as a result of blood cancer, are eligible for their third primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Erewash more like this
answering member printed Maggie Throup more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-12-06T17:20:16.927Zmore like thismore than 2021-12-06T17:20:16.927Z
answering member
4447
label Biography information for Maggie Throup more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1365994
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-03more like thismore than 2021-11-03
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Immunosuppression: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) Minister in his Department and (b) senior official in NHS England have specific responsibility for policy relating to people who are immunosuppressed during the outbreak of covid-19; and if he will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 69064 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-22more like thismore than 2021-11-22
answer text <p>I have responsibility for policy relating to people who are immunosuppressed during the COVID-19 outbreak. For NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Chief Executive has this responsibility.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Erewash more like this
answering member printed Maggie Throup more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-22T16:59:28.753Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-22T16:59:28.753Z
answering member
4447
label Biography information for Maggie Throup more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1365995
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-03more like thismore than 2021-11-03
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Coronavirus: Vaccination more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who are immunosuppressed have not been offered a second dose of the covid-19 vaccine; and how many of those people have blood cancer. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 69065 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-03-02more like thismore than 2022-03-02
answer text <p>All those with immunosuppression aged 16 years old and over living in the United Kingdom have been offered a second primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Immunosuppressed children aged 12 to 15 years old have also now been offered a second primary dose. The offer of first primary doses to immunosuppressed children aged five to 11 years old commenced on 31 January 2022. Vaccination data for those with blood cancer is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>As of 20 February 2022, data for those formerly regarded as clinically extremely vulnerable, which includes the immunosuppressed and those with blood cancer, shows an uptake rate of over 93.9% for a second primary dose.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
answering member constituency Erewash more like this
answering member printed Maggie Throup more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-03-02T10:47:06.257Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-02T10:47:06.257Z
answering member
4447
label Biography information for Maggie Throup more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1365659
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-11-02more like thismore than 2021-11-02
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Education: Finance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the £1.8 billion in education recovery funding, announced at the Spending Review on 27 October 2021, will be used to fund catch-up health and care services for (a) disabled and (b) other young people. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 68208 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-09more like thismore than 2021-11-09
answer text <p>Health services are accessed through the NHS and not funded by the Department for Education. Local authorities are responsible for providing respite care and short breaks for disabled children, these services are funded through the main local government settlement.</p><p>Helping children and young people to catch up on education missed due to the COVID-19 outbreak remains a top priority of this government. Our £1.8 billion investment announced as part of the Spending Review is targeted at those who most need help catching up. It includes over £800 million to provide a universal uplift with an additional 40 hours of education for students aged 16-19 who have the least time left to recover; and an additional £1 billion of catch up funding directly to schools so they can best decide how to support education recovery for the pupils that need it, focused on evidence-based approaches.</p><p>The department has consistently prioritised children with SEND in our recovery programmes, for example by providing additional uplifts for those who attend specialist education providers (including SEND units in mainstream schools) in both the catch-up premium in the 2020/21 academic year and the recovery premium for the 2021/22 academic year, and providing additional funding to special and alternative provision schools to provide one to one tutoring for their pupils, with greater flexibility to schools to make it easier for them to take on local tutors or use existing staff to supplement those employed through the existing National Tutoring Programme. The 16-19 tuition fund continues to support students with SEND as at present through small group tuition.</p><p>The department is providing over £42 million in the 2021-22 financial year to continue funding projects to support children with SEND. This investment will ensure that specialist organisations around the country can continue to help strengthen local area performance, support families and provide practical support to schools and colleges. It will strengthen participation of parents and young people in the SEND system, ensuring they have a voice in designing policies and services and have access to high quality information and support.</p><p>Alongside recovery funding, the department is investing £2.6 billion between the financial years 2022 and 2025 to deliver new places and improve existing provision for pupils with SEND or who require alternative provision. This funding represents a significant, transformational investment in new high needs provision and will help deliver tens of thousands of new places.</p><p>More widely, the department has continued to provide local authorities with their full high needs revenue funding allocations throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, including more than £1.5 billion of high needs funding over financial years 2020-21 and 2021-22, bringing the total high needs funding allocated this year to more than £8 billion. The department announced in summer 2021 that high needs funding will increase by a further £780 million, or 9.6%, in the next financial year, compared to this year. Through the Spending Review the department secured for schools and children and young people with high needs an increase of £4.7 billion by financial year 2024-25, compared to our original 2022-23 plans. This includes £1.6 billion in additional funding for 2022-23 budgets, on top of the year-on-year increase of £2.4 billion already confirmed at the 2019 Spending Review, and which is intended to help the sector respond to the pressures the department knows they are seeing: in overall costs, in national insurance, on high needs, in managing COVID-19 and in supporting children and young people to recover from the COVID-19 outbreak. The department will confirm in due course how this funding will be allocated in 2022-23 for schools and high needs.</p>
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-09T16:30:59.817Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-09T16:30:59.817Z
answering member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1364627
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-10-29more like thismore than 2021-10-29
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Food: Wholesale Trade more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.67 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, whether food and drink wholesalers will be eligible for the 50 per cent business rates relief discount. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 66183 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-05more like thismore than 2021-11-05
answer text <p>Guidance setting out eligibility for the 2022-23 retail, hospitality and leisure reliefs will be published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in due course.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-05T13:58:03.73Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-05T13:58:03.73Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1364305
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-10-28more like thismore than 2021-10-28
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Vacancies more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what she is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer through the Plan for Jobs to fill vacancies in the labour market. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 65397 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-05more like thismore than 2021-11-05
answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has provided historic levels of support to the economy<em>. </em>DWP’s Plan for Jobs programmes, including Kickstart, are delivering tailored support for claimants in receipt of Universal Credit to support them into work.</p><p>Alongside Plan for Jobs measures, DWP is working across government to support people into sectors with immediate or growing demand for jobs but with barriers to entry. We are also working with industry to provide our work coaches with the knowledge they need to identify suitable candidates and to develop relationships with key employers and stakeholders in their local areas. As a result, local jobcentres continue to connect directly with employers in their area, to discuss their recruitment needs and to offer advice on the support available, including work trials, work experience and Sector-based Work Academies Programmes (SWAPs).</p> more like this
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
grouped question UIN 65420 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-05T15:10:40.613Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-05T15:10:40.613Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this
1365138
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-10-28more like thismore than 2021-10-28
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Travel: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help make international travel (a) easier and (b) less expensive during the covid-19 pandemic. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 904031 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-11-04more like thismore than 2021-11-04
answer text <p>Thanks to our successful vaccine rollout, the government has made international travel easier and cheaper for fully vaccinated passengers from the UK and over 135 countries and territories covered by our inbound vaccination policy.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible fully vaccinated passengers and most under 18s arriving in the UK now only require a lateral flow test on arrival. From 1 November, we removed the last 7 countries from the red list.</p><p> </p><p>The government will continue to keep travel under review and ensure that health measures for international travel remain proportionate and necessary.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
answering member constituency Witney more like this
answering member printed Robert Courts more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-11-04T07:28:09.037Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-04T07:28:09.037Z
answering member
4589
label Biography information for Robert Courts more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this