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1178966

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on child poverty of the roll-out of universal credit in (a) Leicester East constituency, (b) Leicester and (c) the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit will provide an extra £2.1bn a year once full rolled out, compared to the legacy benefits it replaces. Claimants receive better support to prepare for work, move into work, or to increase earnings. The Universal Credit Work Allowance was increased by £1,000 in April 2019 and means that 2.4m households will keep an extra £630 of income each year.</p><p> </p><p>DWP and HMRC have pre-announced publication of improved Official Statistics on Children in Low Income Families at local area level. These statistics will provide insights of the number of children and the proportion of children living in low income families at constituency level and how these compare over time and across constituencies.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2020 16:27:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178967

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty in (a) Leicester and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to action that delivers a sustainable long-term solution to child poverty in all areas of the UK, including reforming the benefits system so that it supports employment and higher pay.</p><p>There is clear evidence that work, in particular full time work, significantly reduces the risk of being in poverty. For example, there is only a 4% chance of a child being in absolute poverty before housing costs where both parents work full-time, compared to 44% where one or more parents in a couple are in part-time work.</p><p>Universal Credit will provide an extra £2.1bn a year once fully rolled out, compared to the legacy benefits it replaces. Claimants receive better support to prepare for work, move into work, or to increase earnings. The Universal Credit Work Allowance was increased by £1,000 in April 2019 and means that 2.4m households will keep an extra £630 of income each year.</p><p>Other measures we have taken to support working families include delivering another rise in the National Living Wage - increasing a full-time worker’s annual pay by over £2,750 since its introduction, and by nearly £3,700 with the recently announced rise from this April. Our tax changes make basic rate tax payers over £1,200 better off from April 2019, compared with 2010.</p><p>DWP and HMRC have pre-announced publication of improved Official Statistics on Children in Low Income Families at local area level. These statistics will provide insights of the number of children and the proportion of children living in low income families at constituency level and how these compare over time and across constituencies.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2020 17:20:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178968

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Leicester Hospital: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to consult people resident in Leicester on the proposed changes to Leicester General Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The pre-consultation business case on the proposed reconfiguration of three hospitals in Leicester, including Leicester General Hospital, requires approval at a local, regional and national level prior to the commencement of formal public consultation. It is anticipated that this process will soon be completed. Subject to this, a consultation will follow.</p><p>In January 2020 the three Clinical Commissioning Groups set out a plan to consult the public. Regular discussions have taken place with the local authorities, councillors and the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committees throughout the development of the proposals. Engagement with the public has also been ongoing. This work has enabled the proposals to be refined and developed taking on board the feedback from the local population.</p><p>Leicester’s Hospitals are currently undertaking a transformation of Intensive Care Services, which includes moving the Level 3 Intensive Care Unit and associated services from the Leicester General Hospital to the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospitals. As part of the complex service moves between sites, there will be a temporary split of nephrology and transplant services between the Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital. It is not anticipated that there will be any resulting effect on, or risk for hepatobiliary patients, who are cared for under a different clinical service.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 18882 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:23:05 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178969

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Leicester Hospital: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the proposed sale of land on the Leicester General Hospital site, what assessment he has made of that hospital's future demand for additional capacity.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The proposals for reconfiguring Leicester’s hospitals are subject to public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The plans involve the disposal of land that will no longer be needed under the proposal.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust have undertaken a full review of their estate and clinical services over a number of years to ensure that they have an appropriate service delivery strategy supported by the most appropriate estate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/03/2020 17:39:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178970

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Leicester Hospital: Kidneys
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 has been made of the potential risk to hepatobiliary patients in Leicester of dividing kidney transplant and nephrology services between the Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital sites.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The pre-consultation business case on the proposed reconfiguration of three hospitals in Leicester, including Leicester General Hospital, requires approval at a local, regional and national level prior to the commencement of formal public consultation. It is anticipated that this process will soon be completed. Subject to this, a consultation will follow.</p><p>In January 2020 the three Clinical Commissioning Groups set out a plan to consult the public. Regular discussions have taken place with the local authorities, councillors and the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committees throughout the development of the proposals. Engagement with the public has also been ongoing. This work has enabled the proposals to be refined and developed taking on board the feedback from the local population.</p><p>Leicester’s Hospitals are currently undertaking a transformation of Intensive Care Services, which includes moving the Level 3 Intensive Care Unit and associated services from the Leicester General Hospital to the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Glenfield Hospitals. As part of the complex service moves between sites, there will be a temporary split of nephrology and transplant services between the Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital. It is not anticipated that there will be any resulting effect on, or risk for hepatobiliary patients, who are cared for under a different clinical service.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 18880 question first answered 02/03/2020 17:23:05 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178971

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on regional disparities of the proposed move to 100 per cent business rate retention.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to work with the sector on the aim to increase retention of locally retained business rates from 50 per cent to 75 per cent from April 2021. The current Local Government Finance system has measures in place to ensure that funds are distributed according to assessed relative needs. Ensuring that the system continues to provide incentives for local growth, while ensuring funding appropriately matches spending needs, is an important objective for the Government.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 17:34:20 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178972

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Business Rates: Leicester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authority leaders on the effect on Leicester City Council’s budget of (a) the 75 per cent business rate retention pilot and (b) 100 per cent business rate retention.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities taking part in the 2019-20 one year business rates retention pilot programme retain an additional level of growth in business rates compared to other authorities. These areas have flexibility over how they spend this additional income. These pilot areas have provided us with useful information which will help inform the future direction of business rates retention reform. There will be no further pilots in 2020-21.</p><p>The Government is continuing to work with the sector on the aim to increase retention of locally retained business rates from 50 per cent to 75 per cent from April 2021. This would give local authorities greater control over locally raised taxes. We are continuing to work collaboratively with the local government sector on the future direction of reform.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 17:35:53 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1178973

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Leicester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to meet the demand for social care in Leicester.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	18885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has recognised and responded to the pressures local authorities are facing on social care and other frontline services: the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2020-21 gives them access to the largest year-on-year increase in Core Spending Power (CSP) for almost a decade, an estimated 4.4 per cent real terms increase. <br> <br> This includes an additional £1 billion in grant funding for adult and children’s social care, £10 million of which has been allocated to Leicester City Council. This is on top of the continuation of existing social care grant funding, and the 2 per cent Adult Social Care precept which will enable councils to access a further £500 million. Longer term funding decisions will be made at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 17:35:19 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe