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1005826

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Palliative Care: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to increase funding for end-of-life care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	190548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the £20.5 billion a year for the NHS, NHS England is working with the Department to develop a long-term plan, details of which will be published later this year. End of life care is an important part of the proposals and NHS England will continue working with key stakeholders to test the plan before its publication.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/11/2018 16:11:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

997603

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the criteria used to determine the level of need in the allocation of high needs funding.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	185798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>High needs funding allocations for individual pupils is determined by local authorities in consultation with their schools and families. In most cases, high needs funding will be allocated following a statutory education, health and care needs assessment.</p><p>Following extensive consultation, the high needs national funding formula allocates funding to local authorities through a set of proxy factors. Further information on these factors can be found in the consultation document at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/high-needs-funding-reform-2/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/high-needs-funding-reform-2/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2018 09:20:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

997605

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
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 22 October 2018 to Question 180286 on Children: Hearing Impairments, what extensive support his Department has provided to schools to deliver the best value possible with available resources.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	185799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has launched a Supporting School Resource Management strategy which provides schools with practical advice on savings that can be made on the £10 billion non-staffing spend spent across England last year. This outlines the extensive support we are providing for schools and includes support and guidance to schools and academies to improve how they buy goods and services. For example:</p><p>- The financial benchmarking service, which allows schools to compare their performance and use of resources with other, similar schools, and also comparisons between academy trusts.</p><p>- Recommended deals that are helping schools to save money on the things they buy regularly, such as printers and photocopiers.</p><p>- A new deal to support schools with getting value for money when hiring supply teachers and other agency workers.</p><p>- Regional Schools Buying Hubs pilots in the North West and South West, providing hands-on support and advice to schools on complex procurement.</p><p>- A free teacher vacancy listing website to support recruitment needs and drive down recruitment costs is currently in pilot phase.</p><p>- Encouraging schools to integrate their curriculum and financial planning to inform decision making on the deployment of teaching staff.</p><p>- School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs). These sector experts work with schools and trusts to provide tailored advice on how to make best use of their revenue and capital resources to deliver educational outcomes. The SRMA pilot started at the end of January 2018 and completed some 70 deployments by the end of the 2017/18 academic year. SRMAs will be deployed in larger scale in the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/11/2018 14:37:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

997606

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
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 22 October 2018 to Question 180286 on Children: Hearing Impairments, if he will publish the findings from his Department’s monitoring of the impact of the national funding formula on high needs.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	185800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The department published Section 251 budget data for 2018-19, detailing the planned spend by local authorities on high needs, in September 2018. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2018-to-2019#section-251-budget-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2018-to-2019#section-251-budget-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/11/2018 12:42:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

995534

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to protect mobile phone users from being signed up to PayForIT services without consent or knowledge.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	184406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The regulation of premium rate services, including those offered via the PayForIT payment method, requires that consumers must not be charged for such services without their consent or knowledge. The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA), the UK’s regulator of premium rate services, is continuing to work with the industry to tackle this issue, by improving security standards and updating consent to charge guidance. The PSA also takes robust enforcement action against breaches of its regulation and this includes imposing substantial fines, ordering refunds to be made to affected consumers and prohibiting service providers and individuals from providing phone-paid services for a period of time.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2018 17:14:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

995535

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Patients: Personal Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures the NHS has put in place to ensure the protection of vulnerable inpatients personal affects.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	184407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS Protect provides guidance to National Health Service organisations in England on the secure management of all patients' property. This includes the process for documenting patients’ property, transferring patients and discharging patients.</p><p> </p><p>Patients should be advised of their rights and responsibilities with respect to property taken onto the NHS organisations premises.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/10/2018 15:26:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

992873

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Disposable Wipes
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 he is taking to reduce the use of non-biodegradable wet wipes.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	182313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with the water and manufacturing industries to prevent wet wipes entering our waterways and damaging our marine environment. I hosted a cross industry wet wipes roundtable in December 2016 to tackle them being incorrectly flushed and causing sewer blockages. Following the meeting, EDANA (the trade body for wet wipe products) produced a new labelling code of practice. This code has been widely adopted. Key changes include all baby wipes being labelled ‘do not flush’ and improvements to the size and legibility of the ‘do not flush’ symbol, which must now be displayed on the front as well as the back of packaging. Water UK and EDANA are also working together to develop an agreed ‘flushability’ standard for those wipes that are intended for disposal via toilets.</p><p> </p><p>We also want to tackle the amount of plastic in circulation in the first place, which is why we are encouraging innovation so that more and more of these products can be recycled. We will continue to work with industry to support the development of alternatives, such as a wet wipe product that does not contain plastic.</p><p> </p><p>While biodegradable materials may be seen as a solution to reduce the impact of waste, they can also be more environmentally damaging than non-biodegradable materials if disposed of incorrectly. Plastics which claim to be biodegradable should carry a relevant standard such as EN 13432 which will only biodegrade in very specific conditions.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 30/10/2018 11:45:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

988716

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding available to local authorities for specialist education services for deaf children.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	180286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>We want children with special educational needs and disabilities to be able to reach their full potential.</p><p>Nationally, high needs funding has risen by £1 billion since 2013-14, to just under £6 billion in 2018-19. Allocations for individual local authorities can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>However, we recognise that costs have increased which is why we are providing extensive support to schools to deliver the best value possible with available resources. This includes a high needs benchmarking tool to allow local authorities to compare their spending in this area.</p><p>We are monitoring the impact of our national funding formula on high needs and are keeping the overall level of funding under review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/10/2018 12:18:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

964173

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report, Keep on Caring published by the Government in July 2016, when his Department plans to undertake a review the implementation of the policy of staying put.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	169796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The department keeps the Staying Put policy under constant review by monitoring data from local authorities showing take-up amongst young people, engagement with the sector and looking at information from Ofsted inspections of local authorities. Staying Put was also considered as part of the independent fostering review undertaken by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers, published in February 2018.</p><p>Staying Put has been welcomed by care leavers and the sector. It is recognised by them as a positive initiative and has helped thousands of care leavers to transition more smoothly from care to independence, providing continuity of relationships and care arrangements. The department will continue to gather information from the national rollout of Staying Put and in light of this, refine policy as required.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/09/2018 07:59:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

964645

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the national roll out of the 26-30 railcard scheme.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	169797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department continues to liaise closely with the rail industry as it runs its trial of the railcard to understand the potential commercial impacts. This represents a good example of the public and private sectors working together to bring about an initiative that both benefits passengers and brings about growth in rail travel. We expect the industry to confirm arrangements for a full roll out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/09/2018 08:46:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker