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823649

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date	16/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Defibrillators: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to review legislation related to VAT paid on community-purchased defibrillators after the UK leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The current legal framework limits the VAT exemptions we can apply to defibrillators. Although there may be opportunities to make changes to the VAT system in the future there will be no immediate changes to our relationship with the EU until we have left.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise that provision of defibrillators could help those who have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting. The government maintains several VAT reliefs to aid purchases of defibrillators, including purchases made by local authorities and those made through voluntary contributions which are donated to eligible charities or the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/01/2018 14:01:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823651

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Public Footpaths
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 December 2017 to Question 120348, when Natural England will finalise the allocation of funding for national trails for 2018/19.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to my answer of 29 December 2017, business planning and financial allocations for 2018/19 have not yet been completed, and Natural England is not yet in a position to announce the allocation of funding for national trails for 2018/19.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/01/2018 12:19:20 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823653

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to review funding streams for children who are not of reception age to access additional support services whilst at nursery.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is part of the wider local government finance settlement. The Spending Review in 2015 made available more than £200 billion to councils for local services, including children’s services, up to 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>By 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support. This includes, for example, the Disability Access Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Budgets after 2019-20 will be set at the next Spending Review.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/01/2018 15:41:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823655

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in good or outstanding schools in each of the last seven years in (a) Kirklees, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) England and (d) UK.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows Ofsted inspection data on the number of children in good or outstanding schools in Kirklees, West Yorkshire and England, as at August 31, 2017.</p><p>Ofsted are only responsible for inspections in England. The devolved administrations have their own education inspection systems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/01/2018 17:01:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 123111 Table.docx title 123111 Table
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823657

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to require academy schools to have a curriculum which includes personal, social and health education.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Academies are currently encouraged to teach personal, social, health and economic Education (PSHE) as part of a broad and balanced curriculum.</p><p>The Children and Social Work Act 2017 places a duty on the Secretary of State for Education to make relationships education mandatory in all primary schools and relationships and sex education mandatory in all secondary schools, through regulations. The Act also provides powers to make PSHE, or elements therein, mandatory in all schools (including academies) subject to further consideration.</p><p>The Department is conducting thorough and wide-ranging engagement with stakeholders, in order to reach an evidence based decision on PSHE and determine the content of regulations and statutory guidance. The Department is currently seeking views on these subjects from parents, teachers, young people and other interested parties through our call for evidence, which closes on Monday 12 February. This can be found at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/life-skills/pshe-rse-call-for-evidence/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/life-skills/pshe-rse-call-for-evidence/</a>.</p><p>The Department will consult on draft regulations and guidance. This regulation will then be brought to the House. The Department is working towards schools teaching the new subjects from September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/01/2018 17:48:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823662

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Maintenance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department has conducted on the effect of the removal of Education Maintenance Allowance on families where a child received that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) was phased out from September 2011 with the final payments being made in August 2012. It was replaced with the 16-19 Bursary Fund which was available from September 2011. Students who began courses in 2010/11 and continued in 2011/12 could receive transitional support. Those from disadvantaged backgrounds who had received a full EMA award of £30 a week continued to receive EMA support at a lower level of £20 a week during 2011/12. Those in higher income brackets who had previously claimed a partial EMA award of £10 or £20 a week no longer received EMA, but all young people could apply for support from the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund.</p><p> </p><p>There was considerable research undertaken following the introduction of the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund to evaluate this new approach. The reports are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-16-to-19-bursary-fund-year-1-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-16-to-19-bursary-fund-year-1-report</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 24/01/2018 15:15:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823664

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure adequate supplies of the PPV23 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the intermittent issues affecting the supply of Pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine (PPV 23 vaccine). We are working closely with Public Health England (PHE) and the supplier, MSD, on this issue and can confirm that further United Kingdom deliveries are expected to be made available over the coming months. Despite this, supplies are expected to be constrained for the foreseeable future. In order to mitigate the impact to patients, PHE has issued clinical guidance to general practitioners, which provides recommendations on how to manage patients who are eligible for vaccination during periods of constraint.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/01/2018 12:04:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823718

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to support the maintenance of the operation of medical facilities during an electricity crisis in the Gaza strip.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	123166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s long term support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) assists UNRWA in their provision of basic services to 1.3 million people in Gaza, including basic healthcare. Additionally the UK is supporting approximately 1 million Gazans by providing clean water, rehabilitating sanitations facilities and promoting hygiene standards to stop the spread of disease through the United Nations Children’s Fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:44:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

820744

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Colne Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in the Colne Valley constituency would be entitled to free school meals under the pre-universal free school meals system.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	122162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of pupils’ eligible for and claiming free school meals under the pre-universal free school meals system is published and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school is available in the Underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release, contained in file ‘SFR28_2017_Schools_Pupils_UD’. The figures can be filtered by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/01/2018 10:53:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

809634

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Kirklees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the average waiting time for children with mental health issues to receive treatment in Kirklees.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	120260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Information held on the average waiting time for children and young people being treated in National Health Service funded secondary mental health services is published in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard tables. Information for quarter 1 2017/18 (April to June 2017), is available at:</p><p><a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/media/25512/Children-and-young-people-mental-health-indicators-Q1-2017-18/xls/Children_and_young_people_mental_health_indicators_(Q1_2017-18).xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/media/25512/Children-and-young-people-mental-health-indicators-Q1-2017-18/xls/Children_and_young_people_mental_health_indicators_(Q1_2017-18).xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/12/2017 14:33:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker