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1244206

registered interest
date	16/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to amend his Department's policies on school and college accountability, including performance tables and data for the 2020-21 academic year, in response to the disruption to education caused by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	104688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that no school or college will be judged on data based on qualifications achieved in 2020. The Department continues to talk to school and college leaders about possible approaches to the use of 2021 educational performance data and further details on accountability arrangements for the 2020/21 academic year will follow shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/10/2020 13:20:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1244207

registered interest
date	16/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary education: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will extend the same examination extension announced for secondary schools and colleges in response to the covid-19 outbreak to primary schools administering SATs and other statutory assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	104689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2020 answer text <p>National Curriculum assessments are an essential part of ensuring that all pupils have the basics of reading, writing and mathematics to prepare them for secondary school. They allow parents and schools to understand pupils’ achievements in relation to the age related attainment expectations outlined in the National Curriculum.</p><p>The Department recognises that pupils have missed a critical period of their education due to school closures in the 2019/20 academic year. We are planning on the basis that primary assessments will take place in 2020/21 to allow us to understand the remaining impact of COVID-19 and target ongoing support to those that need it most.</p><p>Timings for SATs in 2021 will be confirmed shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/10/2020 10:38:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1243065

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average response time is to enquiries sent by hon. Members to UK Visas and Immigration.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	102663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration work to a target of responding to 95% of Ministerial correspondence within 20 days. We ensure urgent cases raised by Members are prioritised.</p><p>We do not hold data on average response times.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/10/2020 13:54:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1243066

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions hon. Members have waited longer than 20 working days for a response to their enquiry from her Department in the last (a) three and (b) six months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	102664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>Over the last three months the Department has replied to 10,079 letters from hon. Members. Of these, 3,471 (34%) have been replied to in over 20 days.</p><p>Over the last six months the Department has replied to 21,204 letters from hon. Members. Of these 7,179 (34%) have been replied to in over 20 days.</p><p>Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions. An action plan is currently in place to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/10/2020 14:28:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1242497

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Respite Care: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional resources to local authorities in the Comprehensive Spending Review to enable them to fund short respite breaks for children who need palliative care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	101952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor has announced that the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) will be published this Autumn. Funding for local authorities for children’s care and other services will be set out as part of CSR. The Government recognises the importance of providing support for children and families undergoing palliative care and will continue to engage with Councils to understand their pressures and assess the need for further support.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 15/10/2020 10:40:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1241330

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he enable local registry offices to permit wedding ceremonies to be held outdoors in the grounds of approved premises if covid-19 social distancing regulations cannot be complied with inside the premises.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	100283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. This is an important and complex social policy reform and requires careful thought and consideration.</p><p>The Law Commission published its consultation paper on 3 September 2020 and the Government, following the final report, will decide on provision on the basis of the Law Commission’s recommendations.</p><p>In parallel, the Government made clear when it announced the Law Commission project that it would also, as an interim measure, undertake work to allow more civil weddings and civil partnerships to take place outdoors through secondary legislation. This work is ongoing.</p><p>The Government has published guidance on planning COVID-19 secure marriages and civil partnerships at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/10/2020 11:23:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1240815

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Test and Trace Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people eligible for the £500 Test and Trace Support Payment are able to claim the payment on more than one occasion in the event that they have to self-isolate more than once.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	99514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>A person can claim a Test and Trace Support Payment for each period of self-isolation required by National Health Service Test and Trace, provided they meet the eligibility criteria for each individual claim and their periods of self-isolation do not overlap.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 11:47:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 53725 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1240839

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers police officers have relating to right of entry to private property in order to enforce covid-19 rules in the event that there are grounds to believe that those rules are being broken.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	99515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The police are satisfied that they have the necessary powers of enforcement in place.</p><p>Although there is no specific power of entry for the police under the coronavirus rules, there are circumstances where other powers of entry may apply. For example if a serious crime is taking place inside a property or the police need to enter to arrest someone.</p><p><em> </em>The police will continue to engage, explain and encourage compliance and will also issue fixed penalty notices for breaches of Covid regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/10/2020 15:07:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1240893

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Fertility: Medical Treatments
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 his Department is taking to ensure that people who no longer meet the (a) age or (b) other eligibility requirements for NHS-funded fertility treatment because of treatment delays during the covid-19 outbreak can still access that treatment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	99516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The level of provision of local health services available to patients, including fertility treatment, is, and has been since the 1990s, a matter for local healthcare commissioners. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory responsibility to commission healthcare services including fertility services that meet the needs of their whole population. In respect of National Health Service fertility services, the Government has been consistently clear that we expect CCGs to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, so that there is equal access across England.</p><p>The Government expects CCGs to give fair consideration to all patients who have had fertility treatment delayed so that no one misses out on treatment due to COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/12/2020 10:04:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 53726 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1240358

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vetting: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an immigration checking service for Student Finance to check student eligibility similar to that of the employer checking service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	98871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Where necessary, the Student Loans Company (SLC) seeks information from the Home Office to establish whether an individual meets the personal eligibility requirements for student support. The information that the SLC requires from the Home Office varies, but often includes the individual’s immigration status (including the date of the grant) and confirmation that they have been ordinarily (lawfully) resident in the UK and Islands during a specified period. In some circumstances, a more extensive immigration history is requested.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 16/10/2020 17:04:33 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe