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1641059

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Liquid Paraffin: Birmingham
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 help ensure the availability of Xailin for prescriptions in Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	187025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Xailin products are available for prescribing in Birmingham and Solihull. These can all be prescribed where the clinician is assured that the clinical condition warrants a prescription. The integrated care boards are not aware of any supply issues for any of these products.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/06/2023 11:39:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1641064

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Medical Equipment: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he had with Cabinet colleagues about support for people who run medical equipment in the home.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	187026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with other Cabinet colleagues on a variety of matters pertaining to health and social care, including but not limited to support for people with home-based medical equipment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/06/2023 16:19:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1641135

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to contact visa applicants living in Sudan whose documents are in the Visa Application Centre in Khartoum.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	187028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration have contacted all customers where records show that their passports are in the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Khartoum. They have offered them a letter confirming that their passport is securely stored and attaching a digital copy of their passport, that may help support their travel out of Sudan and into a third country.</p><p> </p><p>For customers that have been able to exit Sudan, processes are in place to re-direct printing of their visa and endorsement on a Form for affixing a visa (FAV) to another VAC location of their choice for collection</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/06/2023 16:26:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1628247

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of whether there is evidence of handcuffing of children in care during secure transportation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	185207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The department is clear that restraint, which includes the use of handcuffs, in relation to looked-after children is only permissible in a very narrow range of circumstances, and must always be necessary and proportionate. The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and supporting statutory guidance clearly sets out the law regarding the use of restraint where children are placed in children’s homes, including in secure children’s homes. This guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-homes-regulations-including-quality-standards-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-homes-regulations-including-quality-standards-guide</a>.</p><p>Restraint is only permitted in certain instances, in order to prevent injury to any person including the child, to prevent serious damage to the property of any person including the child, or to prevent a child who is accommodated in a secure children’s home from absconding from the home.</p><p>Homes are required to record any incidents of restraint under Regulation 35. There is also a requirement under Regulation 40 for the Registered Person to inform Ofsted of any incident in relation to a child that they consider to be serious, which would usually include an incident of restraint. The department does not routinely collect data on the use of restraint.</p><p>In 2019, the government published guidance on reducing the need for restraint for those responsible for providing education, health, and social care to children and young people under 18 years of age with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions and mental health difficulties in these settings. This can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812435/reducing-the-need-for-restraint-and-restrictive-intervention.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812435/reducing-the-need-for-restraint-and-restrictive-intervention.pdf</a>.</p><p>Where local authorities have contract arrangements with transport services, restraint should only be used in very limited circumstances, in accordance with the guidance on the use of restraint and must always be necessary and proportionate. The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 will be reviewed as part of the government’s response to the Care Review recommendations, Stable Homes, Built on Love. In this, we have committed to review care standards, and will not hesitate to revisit guidance on the use of restraint and strengthen the law in this area, if we find this is necessary.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 22/05/2023 14:01:45 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1628248

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the handcuffing of children in care during secure transportation occurs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	185208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The department is clear that restraint, which includes the use of handcuffs, in relation to looked-after children is only permissible in a very narrow range of circumstances, and must always be necessary and proportionate. The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and supporting statutory guidance clearly sets out the law regarding the use of restraint where children are placed in children’s homes, including in secure children’s homes. This guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-homes-regulations-including-quality-standards-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childrens-homes-regulations-including-quality-standards-guide</a>.</p><p>Restraint is only permitted in certain instances, in order to prevent injury to any person including the child, to prevent serious damage to the property of any person including the child, or to prevent a child who is accommodated in a secure children’s home from absconding from the home.</p><p>Homes are required to record any incidents of restraint under Regulation 35. There is also a requirement under Regulation 40 for the Registered Person to inform Ofsted of any incident in relation to a child that they consider to be serious, which would usually include an incident of restraint. The department does not routinely collect data on the use of restraint.</p><p>In 2019, the government published guidance on reducing the need for restraint for those responsible for providing education, health, and social care to children and young people under 18 years of age with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions and mental health difficulties in these settings. This can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812435/reducing-the-need-for-restraint-and-restrictive-intervention.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812435/reducing-the-need-for-restraint-and-restrictive-intervention.pdf</a>.</p><p>Where local authorities have contract arrangements with transport services, restraint should only be used in very limited circumstances, in accordance with the guidance on the use of restraint and must always be necessary and proportionate. The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 will be reviewed as part of the government’s response to the Care Review recommendations, Stable Homes, Built on Love. In this, we have committed to review care standards, and will not hesitate to revisit guidance on the use of restraint and strengthen the law in this area, if we find this is necessary.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 23/05/2023 12:19:29 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1623708

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £600 million apprenticeship levy returned to his Department due to the decrease of apprenticeship starts has been allocated to Birmingham City Council.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	182484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy is an important part of the government’s reforms to create a high-quality, employer-led apprenticeships system, and it supports employers of all sizes to invest in high-quality apprenticeship training.</p><p>The government, via HM Revenue and Customs, collects the apprenticeship levy of 0.5% on total payroll from businesses across the UK with a payroll of more than £3 million. From this, HM Treasury (HMT) sets an English apprenticeships budget for the Department for Education, and the devolved governments receive a share of the funding calculated using the Barnett formula. The department has seen some underspends in the apprenticeships budget in previous years, and these are set out in the department’s annual report and accounts. However, this was not the case in the 2021/22 financial year, when the total spend on apprenticeships in England was £2,455 million, against the budget of £2,466 million, meaning that 99.6% of the apprenticeships budget was spent.</p><p>Any underspends in overall departmental budgets by the end of the financial year are first returned to HMT, as per the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance. As employers choose which apprenticeships they offer and when, annual spend of the apprenticeship budget is subject to employer demand.</p><p>The apprenticeship system is employer-led, with apprenticeship funding available for both levy-paying employers and smaller employers who do not pay the levy. Apprenticeship funding is, therefore, not allocated to organisations, such as Birmingham City Council, sectors or regions, nor to particular groups of apprentices.</p><p>The government is increasing apprenticeship funding to £2.7 billion by the 2024/25 financial year to support apprenticeships growth. The department has also created flexible training models, like flexi-job and accelerated apprenticeships, to make apprenticeships accessible. The BBC are one of our Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agencies and have launched a training hub in Birmingham to support new apprenticeship starts in the creative sector in the West Midlands. We have also improved the transfer system to make it easier for levy paying employers to find other employers who wish to take on new apprentices with transferred funds.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 02/05/2023 11:38:27 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1623228

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Students
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 university students receive timely (a) referrals for assessment for and (b) diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	182215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of timely assessment and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including for university students, in line with relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. The NICE guideline ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management’ does not recommend a maximum waiting time standard from referral for an assessment of ADHD, however an assessment should be made as soon as possible.</p><p>In a recent Westminster Hall debate, 1 February 2023, I committed to look at how we can improve data on ADHD assessment waiting times, to help improve access to ADHD assessments in a timely way and in line with the NICE guideline.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting ICBs to expand mental health services through the NHS Long Term Plan, which commits to increasing investment into mental health services by at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 so that an additional two million people can get the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/05/2023 12:16:50 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 71963 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1623296

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reduced levels of train station staffing on people with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	182216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Plan for Rail sets out the industry’s ambition to move staff from behind the ticket office screens to help passengers wherever they are at the station and so to provide a better service. Moving staff from ticket offices to more visible and accessible roles around stations can help passengers more, which is crucial for those who need additional support. The industry recognises station staff are beneficial for passengers’ safety, and no currently staffed stations will become unstaffed as a result of this reform.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers have been engaging closely with the rail industry as it develops staffing and retailing reforms and have been working with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) and other passenger advocacy groups to ensure any impact on passengers is considered. Train and station operators are required by their operating licences to establish and comply with an Accessible Travel Policy (ATP) which must be approved by the Office of Rail and Road, the independent regulator. An ATP sets out, among other things, the arrangements and assistance that an operator will provide to protect the interests of disabled people using its services and to facilitate such use.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 03/05/2023 09:02:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1623297

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has held consultations with disability charities on potential changes to train ticketing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	182217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>Ministers have been engaging closely with the rail industry as it develops staffing and retailing reforms and have been working with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) and other passenger advocacy groups to ensure any impact on passengers is considered.</p><p> </p><p>As modern ticketing and payment methods are rolled out more widely, we will continue to ensure that all passengers who need to use cash, or do not have access to a smartphone or the internet, can buy a ticket.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure the railway is as accessible as possible for all passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 182218 question first answered 03/05/2023 08:51:02 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1623298

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of pay as you go ticketing on levels of accessibility for disabled users who cannot use the internet or mobile phones.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	182218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>Ministers have been engaging closely with the rail industry as it develops staffing and retailing reforms and have been working with the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) and other passenger advocacy groups to ensure any impact on passengers is considered.</p><p> </p><p>As modern ticketing and payment methods are rolled out more widely, we will continue to ensure that all passengers who need to use cash, or do not have access to a smartphone or the internet, can buy a ticket.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure the railway is as accessible as possible for all passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 182217 question first answered 03/05/2023 08:51:02 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe