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1472470

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date	22/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current routes into the teaching profession.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Following the department’s commitment to review the initial teacher training (ITT) market in the 2019 Teacher Recruitment and Retention strategy, we welcomed the expert advisory group’s recommendations to define all ITT that leads to qualified teacher status within three core routes of undergraduate, postgraduate fee-funded, and postgraduate employment-based.</p><p>By 2024, a reformed ITT provider market will be delivering quality-assured training that places a greater emphasis than ever before on embedding structured practice into courses, ensuring trainees are ready to thrive in the classroom in their early careers. The department is also working with stakeholders as part of the scheduled review of the employment-based postgraduate teacher apprenticeship route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/06/2022 11:23:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472472

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to provide support to teaching assistants in transitioning to become fully qualified teachers.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting teaching assistants to become qualified teachers, including through providing accessible routes into the teaching profession.</p><p>Teaching assistants that have a degree can choose from various routes, including the School Direct (tuition fees) placement or School Direct (salaried places). Both routes carry the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) and some may lead to the award of a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE).</p><p>An alternative route into teaching is through an apprenticeship.</p><p>Currently, schools have access to a range of apprenticeship standards, including the level three teaching assistant apprenticeship and level six postgraduate teacher apprenticeship (PGTA). The level six PGTA is only available to those with a degree. The department is working with all interested parties to improve the PGTA for providers, employers, and candidates as part of its scheduled review.</p><p>There are a range of other routes into teaching, including PGCE or postgraduate diploma in education (PGDE) for those with an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification. Additionally, qualified teacher learning and skills status (QTLS) allows those without degrees to teach in schools, providing they meet the eligibility criteria. Those without a degree can also train to teach through an undergraduate degree. Unlike the apprenticeships and School Direct routes, these routes do not allow teaching assistants to train within a school they may already be employed in.</p><p>While teaching is a graduate profession, the department is working with interested parties to consider how teaching assistants and others working in schools can attain the relevant qualifications to become teachers.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 23224 question first answered 01/07/2022 15:19:18 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472474

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current routes into the teaching profession for teaching assistants without a university degree.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting teaching assistants to become qualified teachers, including through providing accessible routes into the teaching profession.</p><p>Teaching assistants that have a degree can choose from various routes, including the School Direct (tuition fees) placement or School Direct (salaried places). Both routes carry the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) and some may lead to the award of a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE).</p><p>An alternative route into teaching is through an apprenticeship.</p><p>Currently, schools have access to a range of apprenticeship standards, including the level three teaching assistant apprenticeship and level six postgraduate teacher apprenticeship (PGTA). The level six PGTA is only available to those with a degree. The department is working with all interested parties to improve the PGTA for providers, employers, and candidates as part of its scheduled review.</p><p>There are a range of other routes into teaching, including PGCE or postgraduate diploma in education (PGDE) for those with an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification. Additionally, qualified teacher learning and skills status (QTLS) allows those without degrees to teach in schools, providing they meet the eligibility criteria. Those without a degree can also train to teach through an undergraduate degree. Unlike the apprenticeships and School Direct routes, these routes do not allow teaching assistants to train within a school they may already be employed in.</p><p>While teaching is a graduate profession, the department is working with interested parties to consider how teaching assistants and others working in schools can attain the relevant qualifications to become teachers.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 23223 question first answered 01/07/2022 15:19:18 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472632

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Liability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 5345 on Criminal Liability, for what reason the CPS does not maintain a central record of any defence employed by defendants in criminal proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	23225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects data to assist in the effective management of its prosecution functions. This data is derived from structured data fields completed on individual case records held in the Case Management Information System (CMS) and reported in the Management Information System (MIS).</p><p> </p><p>Any information recorded in the CMS about the defence(s) employed by defendants would be added as ‘freetext’ which cannot be centrally collated in the MIS and would only be obtainable by manually reviewing CPS case records. Defences employed are by their nature specific to the circumstances of each individual case, so collecting related data would provide little benefit as CPS operational management information.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/07/2022 07:54:42 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472071

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hydrogen Fuelling Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to encourage the building of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	22348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Support for the deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure is linked to specific investments and research and development programmes, such as the refueling infrastructure to support the deployment of 124 hydrogen fuel cell buses in the West Midlands through our Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme and our pioneering £200m zero emission road freight HGV demonstrators, which will demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell HGVs on UK roads.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 27/06/2022 14:11:01 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472081

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to provide financial incentives for the use of hydrogen powered commercial vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	22349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport, as the lead for the roll out of zero emission vehicles, continues to work closely with colleagues in BEIS on the government’s support for the use of hydrogen for transport to deliver the plans set out in the recent Energy Security Strategy. This includes recent announcements of investment such as the £200m for the government’s zero emission road freight HGV demonstrator programme and funding 124 hydrogen fuel cell buses and accompanying refuelling infrastructure through our Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme. A number of hydrogen related projects were also funded as part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, which forms part of the Research and Development undertaken by the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE).</p><p> </p><p>The government also uses the tax system to encourage the purchase of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions. Road vehicles powered by hydrogen as fuel in an internal combustion engine benefit from a reduced rate of fuel duty in comparison to the main road fuel rate. Budget 2018 extended the current duty differential until 2032, subject to review in 2024. Hydrogen that is used other than to fuel an internal combustion engine, for example in a fuel cell to generate electricity which charges a battery used to supply power to an electric motor, it is not currently liable to fuel duty.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/06/2022 10:00:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1471813

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of school age children in Huddersfield constituency who are awaiting a Child and adolescent mental health services assessment.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	21088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made and information on average waiting times is not held in the format requested, as there are currently no overall waiting time standards. However, waiting times data for specific mental health services is collected where a waiting time standard is in place. Data on access to psychological therapies, early intervention in psychosis and children and young people eating disorders is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/</a></p><p> </p><p>In February 2022, NHS England and NHS Improvement published the outcome of the consultation on five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services. We are now working with NHS England and NHS Improvement on the next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 21091 question first answered 27/06/2022 15:10:01 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1471814

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism: Diagnosis
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 he is taking to help reduce the waiting list for individuals seeking to obtain a diagnosis for (a) autism and (b) ADHD.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	21089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>In 2021/22 we invested £13 million to reduce autism diagnosis waiting times. This included £10.5 million to enable local systems to test different diagnostic pathways, explore ways to reduce waiting times and address backlogs caused by the pandemic. We invested £2.5 million <ins class="ministerial">in 2022/23 </ins>to test and implement methods of reducing waiting times for children and young people<del class="ministerial">, which will continue until March 2024</del>. In addition, we are working with local authority children’s social care, education services and charities to support neurodivergent children, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and their families, through the diagnostic process.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 27/06/2022 15:08:07 question first ministerially corrected 25/10/2022 16:10:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 9112 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1471815

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Specific Learning Difficulties: Prescriptions
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 he is taking to improve access to NHS-funded prescriptions for people who have received a diagnosis of a learning difficulty.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	21090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>Approximately 89% of prescriptions are dispensed free of charge and there are arrangements in place for those with the greatest need. Eligibility is dependent on the age of the patient, whether they are in qualifying full-time education, are pregnant or have recently given birth or are in receipt of specific benefits or a war pension. Those with a learning difficulty or learning disability may meet these eligibility criteria for prescription charge exemptions and receive free prescriptions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/06/2022 12:15:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1471816

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the data his Department holds on which regions have the (a) shortest and (b) longest average waiting list for individuals seeking a Child and adolescent mental health services assessment.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	21091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made and information on average waiting times is not held in the format requested, as there are currently no overall waiting time standards. However, waiting times data for specific mental health services is collected where a waiting time standard is in place. Data on access to psychological therapies, early intervention in psychosis and children and young people eating disorders is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-mental-health-dashboard/</a></p><p> </p><p>In February 2022, NHS England and NHS Improvement published the outcome of the consultation on five new access and waiting time standards for mental health services. We are now working with NHS England and NHS Improvement on the next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 21088 question first answered 27/06/2022 15:10:01 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman