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100140

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 12 of her Department's publication, Implementing a new 0 to 25 special needs system: LAs and partners, published in July 2014, how the £45.2 million special education needs and disability implementation grant has been allocated to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	211276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Small local authorities (Isles of Scilly and City of London) receive £25,000 and all other local authorities receive set up costs of around £50,000, a further sum is allocated on the basis of population estimates for each local authority and, adjusted according to a number of factors including area costs and deprivation.</p><p>The link below provides further background and amounts for individual local authorities:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318588/S31_SEND_Implementation_Grant_Determination_Letter__2014-15__FINAL_SIGNE....pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318588/S31_SEND_Implementation_Grant_Determination_Letter__2014-15__FINAL_SIGNE....pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 14:21:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100142

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £1 million made available for teachers and special educational needs support staff through the National Scholarship Fund has been awarded.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	211317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.</p><p>In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year’s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.</p><p>Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.</p><p>Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211205 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:41:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

93252

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what part his Department plays in the Government's No Health without Mental Health strategy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	210337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department designed and developed the mental health strategy<em>, No Health Without Mental Health</em>, published February 2011, which sets out this Government’s overall ambition for mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We legislated for parity of esteem by enshrining in law the equal status of mental and physical health through the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department holds NHS England to account for the quality of mental health services, through the Government’s Mandate to NHS England and measures outcomes for mental health patients through the NHS, Public Health and Adult Social Care Outcomes Frameworks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As steward of the system, the Department works with its partners to achieve the objectives set out in <em>No Health Without Mental Health</em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Early in 2014, we published <em>Closing the gap: priorities for essential change</em> which set out the areas where urgent action was most needed. Progress has already been made in a number of areas:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>The Government has ended the unjust exclusion of mental health from the right of choice in the National Health Service.</li><li>Over 2.4 million people have entered treatment under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, and over 1.4 million have completed treatment.</li><li>£54 million invested over the period 2011-2015/16 in the children and young people’s IAPT programme to transform child and adolescent mental health services.</li><li>The Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, signed by more than 20 national organisations, was published in February 2014.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our recently published five-year plan,<em> Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020,</em> sets out action the government is taking to provide better access to mental health services within the next year, including the first ever national waiting times for mental health services. It also sets out its vision for further progress by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>£40 million in additional funding has been identified to enable change in the current financial year, and a further £80 million will be freed up for 2015-16 to support implementation of waiting times in mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/10/2014 15:27:06 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

93336

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 208787, what memoranda of understanding her Department has signed with other Afghan agencies in regards to the Bost Agri and Bost Airfield projects from 2009 to date; and if she will place in the Library copies of such memoranda.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	210576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40 million. In December 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers’ money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled and the MOU was ended as a result. The completed park designs have been handed over to the Afghan authorities to enable them to pursue the project over a revised time frame.</p><p> </p><p>DFID did not sign any other MoU or similar document in relation to the Bost Agricultural Park and Airfield Projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 210577 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:34:59 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

93337

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 208787, on Afghanistan, on what date her Department took the decision to discontinue the MOU; which individual authorised that decision; and for what reasons her Department ended the agreements made in the MOU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	210577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Bost industrial business park proposal was originally approved by officials in 2009 at a time when Ministers did not approve spend under £40 million. In December 2012 it became clear that the project could no longer be completed within the original timeframe and in good order. To avoid wasting taxpayers’ money I decided that UK funding for the project should be cancelled and the MOU was ended as a result. The completed park designs have been handed over to the Afghan authorities to enable them to pursue the project over a revised time frame.</p><p> </p><p>DFID did not sign any other MoU or similar document in relation to the Bost Agricultural Park and Airfield Projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 210576 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:34:59 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

93388

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of EU migrants arriving in the UK for work since 1 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	210338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 20/10/2014 15:42:09 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 210338 ONS 351.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - EU Migrants
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92888

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Local Broadcasting: Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2014 to Question 206245, if he will meet representatives from BLTV Ltd to discuss its progress on delivering a local television franchise for Birmingham; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	210171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom are currently in contact with the administrator for BLTV about the possibility of transferring the licence to another party in order to launch local services in Birmingham. It would not be appropriate for myself or my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State to meet with BLTV or their representatives while this matter is considered by Ofcom.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/10/2014 15:44:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92889

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2014 to Question 207388, if she will make it her policy to collect information on waiting times for students referred to educational psychologists.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	210170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education recognises the importance of educational psychology services in helping to identify and secure high quality support for children and young people with special educational needs. The Department has specified a timescale of 20 weeks for completion of assessments for Education, Health and Care plans under the arrangements introduced through the Children and Families Act 2014.</p><p>Data on meeting these timescales will be collected and published.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 17/10/2014 13:31:31 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92491

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to enable people who are deaf to receive a discount on their television licence in the same way that people who are registered blind do.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to bring forward such proposals.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/10/2014 16:25:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92501

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to expand prevention services in relation to child maltreatment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, revised last year, is clear about the importance that we attach to preventative services. Providing help early, before issues and problems escalate, is more effective in promoting the welfare of children than reacting later.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance sets out that local agencies should work together to put processes in place for the effective assessment of the needs of individual children who may benefit from early help services. Decisions about the provision of services, including preventative, early help services, are taken locally by agencies that are best placed to plan provision, taking account of local needs and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also established an Early Intervention Foundation. The Foundation is funded by the Department for Education, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department of Health, and the Department for Communities and Local Government. It is intended to operate independently of central government, to support the needs of commissioners in implementing early intervention programmes and practice in their local areas. The Foundation was established as an independent charity on 4 July 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 15/10/2014 16:27:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe