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1329813

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the effect of the increase in students undertaking unpaid work placement years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	James Grundy
	uin	10703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises that this academic year has been incredibly difficult for students. As a result of these exceptional circumstances, some students are facing financial hardship. Students experiencing financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 or for other reasons should contact their higher education (HE) provider.</p><p> </p><p>We have made an additional £85 million of student hardship funding available to HE providers in the 2020/21 academic year. Providers have flexibility in how they distribute the funding to their students, in a way that best prioritises those in greatest need.</p><p>This is in addition to the £256 million of government-funded student premium funding already available to HE providers to draw on towards student hardship funds for the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>We know that not all students will face financial hardship. The current measures aim to target support for students in greatest need and the government continues to monitor the situation to look at what impact this funding is having.</p><p> </p><p>Undergraduate students undertaking work placement years with private employers receive a reduced-rate non-means tested loan for living costs from Student Finance England, on the expectation that the private employer who benefits from the student’s work should provide support for the student rather than the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The government, however, makes an exception for many work placements in the public sector by making available the full-rate partially means-tested loan for living costs package to encourage students to gain work experience in these areas. This ensures that low-income students undertaking working placements in the public sector receive targeted support through the student support system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 10704 question first answered 14/06/2021 14:44:10 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1329814

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Work Experience: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to support students experiencing financial difficulty who wish to undertake an unpaid placement year at university.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	James Grundy
	uin	10704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises that this academic year has been incredibly difficult for students. As a result of these exceptional circumstances, some students are facing financial hardship. Students experiencing financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 or for other reasons should contact their higher education (HE) provider.</p><p> </p><p>We have made an additional £85 million of student hardship funding available to HE providers in the 2020/21 academic year. Providers have flexibility in how they distribute the funding to their students, in a way that best prioritises those in greatest need.</p><p>This is in addition to the £256 million of government-funded student premium funding already available to HE providers to draw on towards student hardship funds for the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>We know that not all students will face financial hardship. The current measures aim to target support for students in greatest need and the government continues to monitor the situation to look at what impact this funding is having.</p><p> </p><p>Undergraduate students undertaking work placement years with private employers receive a reduced-rate non-means tested loan for living costs from Student Finance England, on the expectation that the private employer who benefits from the student’s work should provide support for the student rather than the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The government, however, makes an exception for many work placements in the public sector by making available the full-rate partially means-tested loan for living costs package to encourage students to gain work experience in these areas. This ensures that low-income students undertaking working placements in the public sector receive targeted support through the student support system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 10703 question first answered 14/06/2021 14:44:10 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1329832

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Social Rented Housing
	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 his Department is taking to increase the availability of high quality social housing including (a) bungalows for pensioners and (b) homes for young families.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	James Grundy
	uin	10705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and is investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade. This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, which will leverage up to £38 billion of private finance and will provide up to 180,000 new affordable homes across the country, should economic conditions allow.</p><p>Around half of the new programme will be for social and affordable rent, and it will deliver more than double for social rent than the current programme. 10% of delivery will be used to increase the supply of much needed specialist or supported housing, including housing for older people.</p><p>We will also be using the new Affordable Homes Programme to fund a First Homes pilot of 1500 homes. The First Homes scheme will help local first-time buyers onto the property ladder by offering homes at a discount of at least 30% compared to the market price. That same percentage will then be passed on with the sale of the property to future first-time buyers, meaning homes will always be sold below market value, benefiting future generations. On 4 June, we launched the first phase with further sites set to launch across the country in the coming weeks.</p><p>Whilst we do not set requirements for the types of affordable housing that are delivered, Registered Providers work closely with local authorities to ensure that delivery meets local housing need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/06/2021 16:50:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1404407

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that people who own electric cars but do not have access to off-street parking will be able to charge their vehicles at home.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	James Grundy
	uin	107740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supporting local authorities to deploy chargepoints for their residents without access to off-street parking to ensure this is not a barrier to drivers being able to realise the benefits of owning an EV. The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is available to all UK local authorities, and has so far awarded funding to over 135 different local authorities, to install over 5,000 chargepoints. This year, £20 million is available under this scheme to ensure more local authorities and residents can benefit from the scheme.</p><p>A new Local EV Infrastructure fund will be made available to local authorities later in the 2022-23 financial year, which will facilitate the rollout of larger-scale chargepoint infrastructure projects across England.</p><p>Drivers without off-street parking at home can also take advantage of the Workplace Charging Scheme, which provides Government support of up to £350 towards the cost of installing a charge point socket for staff and fleet use, with a maximum of 40 sockets available per business. To date over 8,000 businesses have used this scheme to install over 19,000 chargepoint sockets. There are a growing number of solutions for drivers without private parking, such as initiatives like community charging, where those with personal chargepoints can share access with other residents.</p><p>The Government’s forthcoming EV Infrastructure Strategy will define our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading charging infrastructure network across the UK. The strategy will focus on how we will unlock the chargepoint rollout needed to enable the transition from early adoption to mass market uptake of EVs. We will set out our next steps to address barriers to private investment, and level up charge point provision. The strategy will clearly establish Government’s expectations for the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the planning and deployment of charging infrastructure alongside how we will intervene to address the gaps between the current market status and our vision, and how we will monitor progress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 25/01/2022 11:12:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1150132

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 October to Question 293726, how many meetings Ministers or officials in his Department have held with Ministers or officials in the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy since that strategy was announced.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There have been no specific meetings between ministers or officials in the Department of Health and Social Care and the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy as this is led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>We have identified at least 12 meetings attended by officials from both the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the National Data Strategy since the strategy was announced in June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 1133 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:38:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150133

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 293726, how many meetings there have been between officials in his Department and officials in the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy over the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There have been no specific meetings between ministers or officials in the Department of Health and Social Care and the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy as this is led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>We have identified at least 12 meetings attended by officials from both the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the National Data Strategy since the strategy was announced in June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 1132 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:38:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150135

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Chief Data Officer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 8 October to Question 293725 on Government Chief Data Officer, until what date the objective of appointing a Chief Data Officer by 2020 applies.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>No specific date has been set for the appointment, however the government remains committed to appointing within the timeframe set out in the Government Transformation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 13:50:57 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150138

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 292999 on Huawei: 5G, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to telecoms networks arising from the delay of a decision on Huawei's involvement in UK 5G.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government consulted with industry as part of the Telecoms Supply Chain Review, published in July, which set out proposals for a new framework for telecoms security. The Review also considered the issue of high risk vendors. A decision on this will be made in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/10/2019 18:07:23 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150140

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to improve electoral accessibility for voters with blindness following the decision of the High Court on 3 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. Officials are due to hold a meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) very soon</p><p>Work has been undertaken to revise guidance to electoral administrators and, with input from RNIB, to research technical solutions which will be further discussed at a dedicated sub-group.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures following the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections. Proposals were announced during the Queen’s Speech. This will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1138 60 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:06:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150142

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he has had with the RNIB since the 3 May 2019 decision of the High Court on electoral accessibility.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the Accessibility of Elections Working Group to make an informed assessment of the most suitable options to take forward. Officials are due to hold a meeting on this topic with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) very soon</p><p>Work has been undertaken to revise guidance to electoral administrators and, with input from RNIB, to research technical solutions which will be further discussed at a dedicated sub-group.</p><p>We are also starting to bring forward measures following the Government’s response to the 2018 Call for Evidence on Access to Elections. Proposals were announced during the Queen’s Speech. This will include increasing the range of support available to voters with disabilities in polling stations and allowing a wider range of people (such as carers) to assist disabled voters in polling stations if needed.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 1137 60 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:06:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt