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758072

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the pay cap for public sector workers and ensure that the Barnett formula for the devolved institutions is reflected in that decision.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s pay policy has always been designed to strike the right balance between being fair to our public servants and being fair to all those, including public sector workers themselves, whose taxes pay for them. That approach has not changed. We continually assess that careful balance.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 12:56:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

758097

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority was allocated in Discretionary Housing Payment funding in each of the last three years; and how much each authority has spent from that funding in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Details of each local authority’s Discretionary Housing Payment funding and expenditure are published for each financial year and can be found on the GOV.UK website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/discretionary-housing-payments-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/09/2017 11:55:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758098

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
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 ensure that Discretionary Housing Payments are being spent for the intended purpose by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Discretionary Housing Payments are specifically used for the purpose of helping individuals with their housing costs provided they are in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>These payments are very flexible and can be considered where, in the local authority’s opinion, further financial assistance towards housing costs is required. Local Authorities are able to set their own policy, criteria and application process with payments being made entirely at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9286 question first answered 11/09/2017 12:03:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758105

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
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 ensure that people who want to access Discretionary Housing Payments are not blocked by overly strict criteria set by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Discretionary Housing Payments are specifically used for the purpose of helping individuals with their housing costs provided they are in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>These payments are very flexible and can be considered where, in the local authority’s opinion, further financial assistance towards housing costs is required. Local Authorities are able to set their own policy, criteria and application process with payments being made entirely at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9288 question first answered 11/09/2017 12:03:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758142

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people and what proportion of eligible families in each local authority area registered for the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds by 1 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	9259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The national rollout of 30 hours free childcare marks the delivery of a manifesto commitment that will help hundreds of thousands of hard working families. The childcare service online application has been working well for the vast majority of parents and over 216,384 valid 30 hours codes have been generated by successful applications, reaching our target for 1st September. As of 6th September, 152,829 eligibility codes for 30 hours free childcare have been validated. These are eligibility codes that were issued by 31st August and validated by 5th September for children aged three by 31st August 2017.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to assess supply and demand of free entitlement places at a local level.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2017 12:22:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

758143

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers registered to deliver the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds by 1 September 2017; and what assessment she has made of whether the number of registered providers is sufficient to meet demand.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	9260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>30 hours free childcare is delivered by providers who are registered with Ofsted. Ofsted publishes a regular series of statistics relating to registration on its website. The latest information on registered providers was published on 14 June - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-and-childcare-statistics.</a></p><p> </p><p>Since 30 hours has only just been introduced nationally, we do not know how many providers intend to deliver the entitlement at this stage. However, our evaluation of the early rollout of 30 hours in four local authorities indicated that over 80% of providers delivering the free entitlement were willing and able to deliver the extended hours -</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2017 12:56:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

758145

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she and her officials had with learndirect Ltd on the withdrawal of its submitted bid for the Adult Education budget procurement for 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	9273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Education and Skills Funding Agency officials have had regular discussions with Learndirect over the last year on a wide range of financial, contractual and quality issues. The Department’s priority is to protect learners and users of other services run by Learndirect.</p><p> </p><p>Once Learndirect made the decision to withdraw from the Adult Education Budget (AEB) procurement, they were informed that they would be treated in the same way as other providers who have not been awarded a contract as a result of the AEB procurement. This includes a clear contractual end date for provision, which is 31 July 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/09/2017 12:20:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

758149

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Careers and Enterprise Company on providing careers education to more schools than the 1,700 that have signed up for the scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department works with the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company and I met with representatives of The Company recently. We will increase the quality and coverage of careers and enterprise provision in schools and colleges through use of the Enterprise Adviser Network, improving connections between schools, colleges and employers and raising the aspirations of young people.</p><p> </p><p>The Network has now grown to over 1,800 schools and colleges across England, over 50% of all mainstream secondary schools. By the end of the year, we aim for over 2,000 secondary schools and colleges to be signed up to the Enterprise Adviser Network.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/09/2017 12:31:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758153

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to appoint a permanent chief executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	9299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships is responsible for appointing its Chief Executive in consultation with the Secretary of State for Education, and the Institute remains committed to filling the post as soon as possible.</p><p>Peter Lauener is the first Chief Executive for the Institute and an experienced senior leadership team supports him. Mr Lauener will remain in post until the new Chief Executive is appointed to ensure continuity of leadership.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/09/2017 12:17:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

758187

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of business rates to be paid by NHS hospitals in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	9232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>There has been no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service properties, like almost all other buildings occupied by public bodies, have been subject to non-domestic rates since they were introduced. The independent Valuation Office Agency is responsible for valuations and setting rateable values for business, each NHS organisation is responsible for ensuring their current rating assessments and can challenge them if they believe they are incorrect.</p><p> </p><p>The Government introduced a £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme which provides support for those properties which face an increase in rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation, and applies equally to public bodies such as the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/09/2017 12:20:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth