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1109018

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133501 on obesity, for what reason his Department does not hold information on the number of tier three obesity services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups or local authorities; and whether he plans to collate that information.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	240054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>It would not be cost-effective for the Department to collect data on every clinical intervention, including information on tier three obesity services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups or local authorities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/04/2019 14:36:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1028701

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 sustainability of local authority children’s services budgets.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	203970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The department is in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal worth over £200 billion in the five years to 2020.</p><p>At the Autumn Budget 2018, the government made £410 million available to local authorities, in 2019/20, for adult and children social care. The government also announced £84 million in targeted, evidence-based interventions which will transform services to reduce demand, saving money for local authorities but most importantly, improving the quality of services for our most vulnerable children.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming 2019 Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/01/2019 17:28:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1028699

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support local leaders to deliver the best outcomes for children through the delivery of high quality children’s services.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	203968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The department is improving the quality of leadership through £2 million for the Local Government Association to provide support to lead members and chief executives, and are increasing our support of directors of children’s services. We have an ambitious programme to improve the social work workforce, which underpins transformative children’s services. We are also improving the quality of social work initial education through £24 million supporting Teaching Partnerships, and our fast-track entry programmes, Step Up to Social Work and Frontline, which have seen over 1,450 social workers trained. We are investing in professional development with £5 million annually for high quality programmes for those starting as social work practitioners, and over £4 million in total on supervisors and practice leaders.</p><p>Alongside this, we are creating effective system infrastructure to ensure high quality professional practice and standards become the norm, through the introduction of Social Work England and the National Assessment and Accreditation System. We are supporting innovation and regionally targeted improvement support (through the innovation programme and Partners in Practice), and building understanding of the evidence on what drives system improvement through the What Works Centre in social care.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/01/2019 17:43:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1028700

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 trends in the level of demand for children’s services provided by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	203969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Department data shows that since 2013, the number of children in need, children on child protection plans and looked after children, at 31 March 2018 have risen by 7.1%, 24.5% and 10.7% respectively.</p><p>The government is working, between now and the Spending Review 2019, to get a sharper picture of demand for children’s services.</p><p>The department is also working with MHCLG on the fair funding review of relative needs and resources, which is looking in more detail at levels of demand in local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/01/2019 17:27:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

931393

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Aortic Aneurysm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the draft guidance on abdominal aortic aneurysms proposed by NICE on NHS bed capacity.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	157833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and has not yet published final guidance on the diagnosis and management of abdominal aortic aneurysm. NICE has recently consulted on its draft guideline and will take the comments it has received in response to the consultation fully into account in finalising its recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 157832 157834 157835 question first answered 04/07/2018 11:21:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

886251

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to introduce LGBT teaching for primary school age children.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	136446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is to ensure all pupils have the knowledge they need to stay safe and prepare them for life in modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has recently consulted a wide range of expert stakeholders to support the introduction of compulsory Relationships Education in primary schools, including a call for evidence to seek public views on what should be included in these subjects. The findings from this process are helping the Department to reach evidence-based decisions on subject content.</p><p> </p><p>From this, the Government will develop the regulations and accompanying statutory guidance for these subjects and both will be subject to public consultation followed by a debate on the regulations in Parliament. The Department expects both subjects to be inclusive and to meet the needs of all young people, in an age-appropriate way.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/04/2018 11:20:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

872393

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Podiatry: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of removing bursaries on the number of students studying podiatry in 2018.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	134307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is not responsible for collecting data on the number of applications to study podiatry courses.</p><p> </p><p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publishes data on the number of applications to full-time undergraduate courses. Further information and links to 2017 and 2018 application cycle data are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with relevant bodies across health and education to monitor the effects of the broader healthcare funding reforms and, as part of this, plans to publish an update, in autumn 2018, following the closure of the 2017/18 application cycle.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 29/03/2018 11:40:07 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

723914

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Assistance Animals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent taxi drivers from discriminating against disability assistance dogs.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	71676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010 it is illegal for the driver of a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) to refuse to carry an assistance dog unless they hold a medical exemption certificate issued by the local licensing authority. It is unacceptable that drivers continue to refuse assistance dogs and I strongly encourage licensing authorities to take robust action against those who are unwilling to comply. Courts already have powers to impose fines up to £1,000.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has previously been issued to licensing authorities to support their implementation of these legal protections, and we are currently reviewing Best Practice Guidance which will include strengthened recommendations relating to authorities’ response to alleged instances of assistance dog refusal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/04/2017 14:55:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

710986

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
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 takes to ensure that welfare standards are met in slaughterhouses; and what steps her Department takes in particular relation to such standards as they relate to pre-stunning.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	67950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government encourages the highest standards of welfare at slaughter. The Government would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter but respects the right of the Jewish and Muslim communities to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs.</p><p>Official veterinarians (OVs) from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are present in all approved slaughterhouses in England and take a prompt, proportionate and risk based approach to enforcement action when animal welfare breaches are identified.</p><p>Defra works closely with the FSA to ensure that the welfare of animals is protected in all slaughterhouses. There is a wide ranging, systemic programme of animal welfare monitoring activity including strengthened verification of compliance through the establishment of welfare assurance teams; a welfare themed audit programme; targeted unannounced inspections; additional checks for non-compliant business operators; and improved education and instruction through an animal welfare publicity campaign in slaughterhouses.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/03/2017 16:20:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

711148

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tenants: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the tenant tax on private landlords in terms of (a) rental income and (b) property standards.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	67852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>With regard to restricting financial cost relief for landlords, it is estimated that only 1 in 5 landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure. Given that only a small proportion of the housing market is affected by this change, the Government does not expect it to have a large impact on rent levels.</p><p> </p><p>Landlords are required to maintain their properties to a legal minimum standard. The reform to the wear and tear allowance means that all landlords will now be able to offset the costs of replacing furnishings in their properties removing the previous disincentive to do so.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/03/2017 14:21:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas