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1127495

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the review of the Prevent Strategy addresses the growing threat of far-right extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	256228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Prevent aims to stop vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism and does not target a specific faith or ethnic group it deals with all forms of terrorism. Almost half of those people who receive Channel support are initially referred for concerns related to right-wing extremism. The independent review of the Prevent programme, which was announced on 22 January 2019, will therefore also deal with all forms of terrorism.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/05/2019 11:56:45 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

1127498

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to expand mentoring services and support individuals vulnerable to recruitment by far-right organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	256231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Prevent programme is fundamentally about safeguarding and supporting vulnerable individuals to stop them from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Prevent addresses all forms of terrorism, including right wing terrorism.</p><p>Since 2012, over 1,300 people have been supported through the voluntary, confidential Channel programme. In 2017/18, almost half of those people who received Channel support were initially referred for concerns related to right-wing extremism. The majority of the individuals who choose to participate in Channel leave with no further terrorism-related concerns. The Channel programme continues to expand its cohort of right wing specialist intervention providers that provide bespoke intervention sessions with individuals that have been identified as being vulnerable to being radicalised by far-right organisations and their narratives.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/05/2019 11:59:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

1418301

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of foreign languages in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	114976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Increasing languages take-up is a key priority for the department. In September 2014, a statutory requirement for all key stage 2 pupils to study either an ancient or a modern foreign language was introduced to the national curriculum. The department has also taken steps to increase the uptake of languages at GCSE. GCSEs in all modern and ancient languages have been part of the English Baccalaureate performance measure for secondary schools, first introduced in 2010.</p><p>The department also recently completed its review into the subject content for French, German, and Spanish GCSEs – the most popular languages at this level. Although the new GCSE will not be available for first teaching until September 2024, the intention is that more pupils will want to study languages at GCSE level and encourage them to continue with this study to post-16 and beyond. The department published the government response to the consultation alongside the revised subject content in January 2022.</p><p>The total number of pupils in state-funded schools in England entered for examinations in at least one language GCSE has increased from 231,224 in 2010 to 253,379 in 2019. This amounted to an increase among all key stage 4 pupils from 40% in 2010 to 47% in 2019. With GCSE examinations due to recommence in 2022, the department will return to publishing, as far as possible, our usual range of English Baccalaureate entry and attainment measures.</p><p>The department also provides funding for several programmes to improve teaching quality and take-up in specific languages. These are:</p><ul><li>The Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Pilot led by the National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy at the University of York,</li><li>The Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) led by University College London Institute of Education in partnership with the British Council, and</li><li>Modelled on the MEP, the department also recently announced a £4 million Latin Excellence Programme to increase uptake and attainment in Latin in secondary schools from September 2022 onwards.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 07/02/2022 16:51:20 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1675538

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local councils secure the specified special educational provision for children and young people as set out in the Children and Families Act 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	5398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities are statutorily responsible for securing the special educational provision specified in the Education, Health and Care plans they issue. They must work with schools, colleges, Integrated Care Services, parents and young people to design and deliver a Local Offer of services and provision to meet the Special Educational Needs of their children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission inspect local areas’ Special Educational Needs and Disabilities services. Where inspection identifies significant weaknesses, the department may intervene to require improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 12/12/2023 16:50:12 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1219790

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	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 reduce the time taken to process passport applications and tackle the current backlog.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	67815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>HM Passport Office continues to operate at a small percentage of its usual staffing levels so its people can continue to socially distance while on site in line with public health guidance, yet it has been rapidly acquiring additional office space, and since 23 March has so far added 172 COVID-secure desks.</p><p>Additionally, HM Passport Office is part way through developing a new system which digitises applications, including the supporting documentation, which will substantially increase the ability of staff to process applications from home. Currently, about 40% of passport applications are being processed through this system and, for those simplest cases where checks upon the application can be fully completed with minimal manual intervention, they are being processed quickly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2020 08:52:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1665824

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hamas: Demonstrations
	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 work with the police to identify Hamas supporters at anti-Israel rallies in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	203420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations or individuals who may be members of or who demonstrate support for proscribed organisations are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies.</p><p>Following the terrorist attacks on Israel, the Home Secretary wrote to police chiefs in England and Wales urging them to step up patrols and use the full force of the law to tackle those inciting hatred towards our Jewish communities.</p><p>The Home Secretary and the Prime Minister have hosted a roundtable with police chiefs and the Community Security Trust (CST) to discuss the practical steps that can be taken to enhance the operational response to any potential disorder.</p><p>Public order policing has disseminated briefing materials to police forces covering hate crime and the proscription offences, including advice on the flags associated with proscribed organisations Hamas and Hizballah.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 24/10/2023 11:36:47 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1181888

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	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	Owner Occupation: Service Charges
	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 he is taking to support home owners who are subject to agreements to pay for uncapped management fees and maintenance fees.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	23583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p>Homeowners who pay estate rent charges for the management or maintenance of the communal areas on an estate should be able to challenge these costs. That is why the Government intends to legislate to give freeholders on private and mixed-tenure estates equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rent charges, as well as a right to apply to the First-tier Tribunal to appoint a new manager for the provision of services covered by estate rent charges.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/03/2020 16:23:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1314498

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Unadopted Roads
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will work with local authorities to introduce a council tax discount for residents whose properties are on private roads.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	1219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to introduce a new council tax discount for residents whose properties are on private roads. Council tax contributes to the cost of delivering a wide range of local services, including adult social care, children’s services and police and fire services. The council tax system contains a wide range of discounts and exemptions to reflect personal circumstances and local authorities also have discretion to offer discounts where they consider it appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 21/05/2021 12:36:08 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1586133

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Seating: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has taken steps to encourage local authorities to help businesses managing domestic seating waste containing persistent organic pollutants.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	147079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency are working to ensure that items of waste containing POPs are treated in a way that destroys the POPs content, thus eliminating the risk they pose to human health and the environment. Items of waste containing POPs cannot be landfilled, recycled, or prepared for reuse; the POP content must be incinerated to destroy the POPs.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is working to bring local authorities and the waste sector into compliance with these requirements. Core guidance on how to comply with this legislation was published on GOV.UK when this legislation was introduced in 2016 and 2019. The Environment Agency and Defra have been working with stakeholders, including local authority representatives, from early 2021, to help them prepare to comply. This engagement will continue as the Environment Agency activity develops. Additional guidance on how to manage waste upholstered domestic seating has been in development with stakeholders since winter 2021. This was issued to local authorities and their contractors in August 2022 and published on GOV.UK on 19 December 2022. The Environment Agency will continue to maintain and update this guidance as needed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that this is particularly challenging for some local authorities due to their geography and infrastructure. In December 2022 the Environment Agency published three Regulatory Positions (temporary conditional relaxations) designed to help local authorities manage their transition to compliance. Where there is local disruption to waste management services, the Environment Agency are rapidly engaging with local authorities and local waste operators to understand the barriers to compliance and how they can support resumed services.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/02/2023 12:00:21 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1653954

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Public Lavatories: Men
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192826 on Public Lavatories: Men, how her Department encourages local authorities to consider the provision of sanitary bins in public toilets.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	194906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities are best placed to determine bin provision locally. Our Binfrastructure guidance sets out a strategic approach local authorities can take to tailor their bin provision to the characteristics of the area and the community they serve. I am committed to working across government to explore where potential improvements can be made.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/07/2023 13:59:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher