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1653084

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 13 July 2023, Official Report, column 526, which budget lines within the Department for Education's existing budget are being reprioritised to deliver the additional funding to increase teachers' pay by 6.5%.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	194246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommendations for 2023/24 teacher pay awards in full. This means that teachers and head teachers in maintained schools will receive an increase of at least 6.5%, the highest STRB award in three decades. The Department will be providing an additional £525 million of funding in the 2023/24 financial year, and £900 million in 2024/25, and as the unions have agreed, this means that the award is properly funded.</p><p>Although the Department will have to make difficult decisions, the Secretary of State has been clear all frontline services will be protected. Funding for early years, SEND, school conditions and core school and college budgets are fully protected. To help fund the pay award, the Secretary of State has also secured exceptional permission from the Treasury to keep money where there have been or will be underspends, which in normal years would have to be returned to Treasury.</p><p>The additional funding announced alongside the teachers’ pay award fully covers the cost of the pay award above 3.5%, nationally. The Department’s affordability calculation says that a 4% pay award should be affordable for the average school, and the Department is more than covering that calculation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194241 question first answered 26/07/2023 15:03:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1652747

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before those allegations are proven.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	193892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>10 Downing Street is part of the Cabinet Office. I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 193985.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/07/2023 13:17:22 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1652856

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Ministers sit on the cross-government ministerial board for care leavers; how many times the board has met in the last 12 months; and if she will publish the board's minutes for the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	193999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Care Leavers Inter-Ministerial Board is co-chaired by the Secretary of State for Education, and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Ministers that sit on the Board include:</p><ul><li>Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing</li><li>Minister for Veterans’ Affairs (and Cross-Government lead for Care Leavers)</li><li>Chief Secretary to the Treasury</li><li>Minister of State for Justice</li><li>Minister for Safeguarding</li><li>Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression</li><li>Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business</li><li>Minister for Primary Care and Public Health</li><li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society</li><li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Roads and Local Transport</li><li>Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability</li><li>Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families</li></ul><p>The Ministerial Board has met twice in the last year. Minutes of meetings are not published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 20/07/2023 11:39:40 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1652968

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support individuals on student loan plans (a) 2 and (b) 4.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	194062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Decisions on student finance have to be taken alongside other spending priorities to ensure the system remains financially sustainable and the costs of higher education (HE) are shared fairly between students and taxpayers, not all of whom have benefited from going to university.</p><p>The government has continued to increase maximum loans and grants for living and other costs for plan 2 student loans each year. Maximum support has been increased by 2.3% for the 2022/23 academic year, with a further 2.8% increase announced for 2023/24. In addition, the department is freezing maximum tuition fees for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years to deliver better value for students and to keep the costs of HE under control. By 2024/25, maximum fees will have been frozen for seven years.</p><p>The government recognises the additional cost of living pressures that have arisen this year and that are impacting students. The department has made £276 million of student premium and mental health funding available for the 2023/24 academic year to support successful outcomes for students, including disadvantaged students.</p><p>Student loans are available to all eligible students, irrespective of background or financial history, and include significant protections. Monthly student loan repayments are calculated by income rather than by interest rates or the amount borrowed. If a borrower’s earnings are below the relevant repayment threshold, they will not be required to make any repayments. At the end of the loan term, or in case of death or disability, any outstanding loan debt, including interest accrued, will be written off at no detriment to the borrower. No commercial loans offer this level of protection. To further protect borrowers, where the government considers that the student loan interest rate is too high in comparison to the prevailing market rate, it will reduce the maximum plan 2, plan 3 and plan 5 interest rate.</p><p>Plan 4 student loans are issued by the Scottish Government, which has responsibility for HE in Scotland and determines the student finance arrangements for Scottish students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 20/07/2023 16:59:48 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1652978

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disability: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support families caring for disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	194069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities, schools, and further education settings to commission appropriately qualified staff to support the education of children and young people in their area.</p><p>The department’s reforms, as set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan and the Children’s Social Care Implementation strategy, detail the department’s commitments for providing stronger support for disabled children, including:</p><ul><li>a Law Commission review of children’s social care legislation for disabled children</li><li>non-stigmatising and easier to access family help</li><li>a stronger focus on disabled children in Working Together</li><li>new metrics that track the experiences of disabled children through the system</li><li>strengthened language to encourage areas to adopt Designated Social Care Officers</li><li>a £30 million investment in innovative approaches to short breaks for disabled children.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 20/07/2023 11:21:48 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1652980

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Recreation Spaces: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the risk of wildfires starting in urban green spaces.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	194071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with other departments and key stakeholders including Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to mitigate against the risk of wildfire as set out in the Wildfire Framework for England. The framework can be found at <a href="https://fireengland.uk/publications/reports/wildfire-framework-england" target="_blank">Wildfire Framework for England | Fire England</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the risk that wildfire presents for landscapes and communities and recently wrote to Local Resilience Forums to share lessons and recommendations from the recent 2022 wildfire season. Further actions are set out in the third National Adaptation Plan, which was recently published: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/third-national-adaptation-programme-nap3" target="_blank">Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/07/2023 09:09:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1652325

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	Personal Care Services: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are restrictions in place preventing sports massage therapists from treating people aged under 18.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	193609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no legal restrictions in place preventing sports massage therapists from treating people aged under 18.</p><p>We urge anyone seeking sports massage therapy to take the time to find a reputable, insured and appropriately qualified practitioner who is on a voluntary register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/07/2023 10:32:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1652513

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	193799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not measure its impact by counting the number of inspections. HSE uses a variety of methods to influence change and help people manage risks at work including providing advice, information and guidance, working with stakeholders, carrying out investigations and taking enforcement action to prevent harm and hold those who break the law to account</p><p> </p><p>HSE’s published business plan for 2023/2024 outlines the targeted interventions it plans to deliver in areas of greatest risk to assess dutyholder compliance with the law, this can be found <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/assets/docs/hse-business-plan.pdf" target="_blank">here.</a> In carrying out this work HSE is planning to deliver a minimum of 14,000 inspections.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 193579 question first answered 17/07/2023 16:08:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1652519

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Lone Parents: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an equality impact assessment of the potential impact of the no recourse to public funds condition on single mothers.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	193805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government published an overarching Equality Impact Assessment on the Compliant Environment measures, of which the NRPF is part, earlier this year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcompliant-environment-overarching-equality-impact-assessment%2Fcompliant-environment-overarching-equality-impact-assessment-accessible&amp;data=05%7C01%7CTanvir.Hussain3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cce864e4613af42e95e8308db83c56084%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638248655965337867%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xF5EQn9BcXEIVYpmOhOkceKo3yTyuti7FWuzHX%2F%2BHyA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Compliant environment: overarching equality impact assessment (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/07/2023 12:40:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1652536

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Lone Parents: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of the Government's policy on no recourse to public funds on single mothers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	193822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government published an overarching Equality Impact Assessment on the Compliant Environment measures, of which NRPF is part, earlier this year: Compliant environment: overarching equality impact assessment (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2023 13:48:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake