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1736165

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date	22/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Powers of Attorney: Forms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of safeguards against the misuse of online application forms for Lasting Power of Attorney and (b) potential merits of only providing forms following discussions with officials who are satisfied that Lasting Power of Attorney would be in the interests of vulnerable people.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Oliver Ryan
uin	10558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Under the current system, the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a prescribed paper form, which to be used must be made validly and registered by Office of the Public Guardian (OPG). The form can be completed online but must then be printed, signed, and sent to OPG for processing.</p><p>LPAs are private agreements between individuals. While the OPG has a role in checking these documents meet the requirements for registration prior to use, and in investigating any alleged misuse, it cannot prevent an eligible person from making one.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 28/10/2024 10:06:52 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5135

1737239

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Islamophobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Oliver Ryan
uin	900886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Islamophobia, and all forms of religious and racial hatred, have absolutely no place in our society. No one should be targeted because of the colour of their skin, or their faith. This Government is clear that perpetrators of such hate crimes will face the full force of the law.</p><p>Up to £29.4 million per year will be made available for protective security at mosques and Muslim faith schools until 2027/28. The Protective Security for Mosques Scheme provides physical protective security measures (such as CCTV, intruder alarms and secure perimeter fencing) to mosques and associated Muslim faith community centres.</p><p>British Muslims are a crucial part of Britain’s history and British life today. This Government will not tolerate Islamophobia in any form and has committed to a more cohesive and integrated approach to ensure that all forms of hatred are stamped out of our communities. We will keep the House updated on this work to strengthen our communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashton-under-Lyne answering member printed Angela Rayner question first answered 28/10/2024 17:28:44 answering member 4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner
tabling member	5135

1735951

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Medals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to question 726 on Emergency Services: Medals, if she will take steps to introduce a medal for seriously injured and medically retired emergency service personnel.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Oliver Ryan
uin	10383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>It is only right that we recognise the sacrifices made by the emergency services, and the Home Office is happy to consider proposals for new medals for members of the emergency services.</p><p>Any official policing medal is a gift from the Government, on behalf of His Majesty The King to recognise individuals within the service. The creation of a new medal requires cross Government consensus and approval from the Committee on The Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (“HD Committee”), before advice is put to HM The King to make his final decision.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 29/10/2024 15:49:45 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	5135

1733285

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Men
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities, published on 22 February 2018, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the guidance on (a) priority need and (b) emergency accommodation provision for single men who (i) do not fit the priority categories and (ii) are rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Oliver Ryan
uin	8548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness legislation and guidance makes clear people who are vulnerable have priority need. This includes a duty to provide the household with temporary accommodation until settled accommodation is secured.</p><p>Homelessness levels are far too high. We are determined to tackle this and will develop a new cross government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the country, to get us back on track to ending homelessness once and for all.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 18/10/2024 10:02:22 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	5135

1732162

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to improve the (a) process and (b) tools used to diagnose SEND in children.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Oliver Ryan
uin	7630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. The department wants to drive a consistent and inclusive approach to supporting children and young people with SEND through early identification, effective support, high quality teaching and effective allocation of resources. The department’s approach will support families, breaking down the barriers to opportunity for their children.</p><p>The department knows that parents have struggled to get the right support for their children, particularly through long and difficult Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan processes. The department wants to make sure that EHC plan applications are processed promptly and, where required, are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need. The department has listened to a wide range of people such as children and young people, parents, schools, colleges and local authorities and their partners, and it is deciding how to proceed based on these insights.</p><p>The department is also investing heavily in the SEND system, for example:</p><ul><li>Investing a further £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists across specialists.</li><li>Announcing that funded support for the 11,100 schools registered for the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme would continue for 2024/25.</li><li>In partnership with NHS England, funding the Early Language and Support For Every Child (ELSEC) to trial new ways of working to earlier identify and support children with speech, language and communication needs in early years and primary schools, utilising Therapy Support Assistants.</li><li>Funding the Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) programme, which will deploy specialists from both health and education workforces within mainstream primary school settings. PINS will build teacher and staff capacity to identify and meet the needs of neurodiverse children, including those with speech and language needs, through whole-school interventions.</li><li>Funding up to 7,000 early years staff to gain an accredited Level 3 early years SENCO qualification to support the development of the early years' workforce.</li></ul> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 15/10/2024 12:49:00 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	5135

1731094

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken for Access to Work benefit applications to be approved.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Oliver Ryan
uin	6917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to reducing waiting times for new applications for Access to Work, as well as renewals. We are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. We have increased the number of staff processing Access to Work claims and have prioritised applications from customers who are about to start a job, and renewals.</p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 14/10/2024 16:52:59 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	5135

1722742

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	Ambulance Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of ambulance response times.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Oliver Ryan
uin	900039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>We have been clear our assessment is that ambulance response times have been wholly inadequate in recent years. Patients with serious conditions such as suspected strokes waited over 34 minutes on average last month for an ambulance to arrive – nearly twice as long as the 18-minute standard.  This Government is committed to returning the NHS to the Constitution’s standards.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 23/07/2024 18:32:39 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5135

1697170

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness: Burnley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2024 to Question 17987 on Homelessness: Burnley, how much funding his Department provided to Burnley Borough Council through the (a) Homelessness Prevention Grant and (b) Rough Sleeping Initiative since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	19507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>Burnley Borough Council have received £1,080,784 in Homelessness Prevention Grant funding since the first year of the grant, 2021/22. Burnley Borough Council have also been beneficiaries of up to £650,497 through direct allocations and as members of joint local authority bids in Rough Sleeping Initiative funding since they were first funded in 2020/21.</p><p>The funding allocations for the Homelessness Prevention Grant are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">2021/22</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">2022/23</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2023-to-2025" target="_blank">2023/24-2024/25.</a> The funding allocations for the Rough Sleeping Initiative are published here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2020-to-2021-funding-allocations" target="_blank">2020/21</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2021-to-2022-funding-allocations#:~:text=The%20government%20has%20announced%20allocations,a%20share%20of%20the%20funding." target="_blank">2021/22</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2022-to-2025-updated-funding-allocations/rough-sleeping-initiative-2022-to-2025-updated-funding-allocations" target="_blank">2022/23-2024/25</a>.</p><p>Policy, guidance, research and grant funding allocations for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/housing-local-and-community/homelessness-rough-sleeping" target="_blank">Homelessness and rough sleeping - GOV.UK (</a><a href="https://www.gov.uk/housing-local-and-community/homelessness-rough-sleeping" target="_blank">www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 19508 question first answered 22/03/2024 15:44:32 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1697172

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2024 to Question 17987 on Homelessness: Burnley, if he will provide a link to the relevant page on his Department’s website where allocations of grant funding to Burnley Borough Council are published; and whether his Department publishes information on other support provided to local authorities on gov.uk.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	19508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>Burnley Borough Council have received £1,080,784 in Homelessness Prevention Grant funding since the first year of the grant, 2021/22. Burnley Borough Council have also been beneficiaries of up to £650,497 through direct allocations and as members of joint local authority bids in Rough Sleeping Initiative funding since they were first funded in 2020/21.</p><p>The funding allocations for the Homelessness Prevention Grant are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">2021/22</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">2022/23</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2023-to-2025" target="_blank">2023/24-2024/25.</a> The funding allocations for the Rough Sleeping Initiative are published here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2020-to-2021-funding-allocations" target="_blank">2020/21</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2021-to-2022-funding-allocations#:~:text=The%20government%20has%20announced%20allocations,a%20share%20of%20the%20funding." target="_blank">2021/22</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2022-to-2025-updated-funding-allocations/rough-sleeping-initiative-2022-to-2025-updated-funding-allocations" target="_blank">2022/23-2024/25</a>.</p><p>Policy, guidance, research and grant funding allocations for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/housing-local-and-community/homelessness-rough-sleeping" target="_blank">Homelessness and rough sleeping - GOV.UK (</a><a href="https://www.gov.uk/housing-local-and-community/homelessness-rough-sleeping" target="_blank">www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 19507 question first answered 22/03/2024 15:44:33 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1695120

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness: Burnley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what (a) funding and (b) other support his Department has provided to Burnley Borough Council to tackle (i) homelessness and (ii) rough sleeping since December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	17987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is supporting local authorities to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping through, for example, the Homelessness Prevention Grant (HPG) and the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI). Allocations of Government funding are published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p>DLUHC’s dedicated team of homelessness and rough sleeping advisers also work regularly with local authorities to provide expert support in tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in their area.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 18/03/2024 13:22:55 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham