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	registered interest
	date	23/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure equal accessibility in education for children from all backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	53873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>Our ambition is for every child, no matter what challenges they face, to have access to a world-class education that sets them up for life.</p><p>The government places mandatory requirements on school admission authorities through the School Admissions Code. Its purpose is to ensure that all school places for maintained schools and academies are allocated and offered in an open and fair way. The School Admissions Code requires that admission arrangements do not unfairly disadvantage children from a particular social group. On 1 September 2021, the department introduced a new School Admissions Code which aims to improve the in-year admission of vulnerable children and help reduce to a minimum any time spent out of school.</p><p>Looked after and previously looked after children are among the most vulnerable in our society and so all schools are required to give highest priority in their admissions criteria to them. The School Admissions Code also gives admission authorities the freedom to choose to prioritise children eligible for the pupil premium or who have a social or medical need, according to their local circumstances.</p><p>Where a pupil is identified as having special educational needs, schools should take action to remove barriers to learning and put effective special educational provision in place. Schools also have a legal duty to produce an accessibility plan that sets out how, over time, they are going to increase access to the curriculum for disabled pupils, improve the physical environment of the school to increase access for disabled pupils, and make written information more accessible to disabled pupils by providing information in a range of different ways.</p><p>The department is investing £300 million in the 2021-22 financial year to support local authorities to deliver new places and improve existing provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities or who require alternative provision. It is for local authorities to determine how to best use this funding to address their local priorities, such as investment in accessibility to improve or broaden access to existing provision.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/10/2021 08:25:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1360657

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Energy: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce VAT on energy bills for families in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	58381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>In recognition of the fact that families should not have to bear all the VAT costs they incur to meet their energy needs, the Government already maintains a reduced rate of 5 per cent VAT on the supply of domestic energy, at a cost of £5 billion per year to the public finances.</p><p>Going further would impose additional pressure on the public finances and that cost would have to be balanced by increased taxes elsewhere, or by reductions in Government spending.</p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/10/2021 14:18:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1360653

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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	Local Government: Local Press
	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 plans he has to enable local authorities to place statutory notices with digital-only local news outlets.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	58379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities have to publish statutory notices that relate to a wide variety of topics in local newspapers. We currently have no plans to change the statutory duty.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2021 15:33:43 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1360651

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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	Planning Permission: Newspaper Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she plans to expand the requirement for (a) planning and (b) other statutory notices to be placed with news outlets to include digital-only news outlets.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	58377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>While policy responsibility for each specific type of statutory notice lies with other departments, my department is working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to ensure that the implications of any changes to publicity requirements relating to planning notices are understood before decisions are taken, as they consider next steps with regard to the Planning for the Future White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 58378 question first answered 21/10/2021 13:00:45 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1360652

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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	Local Government: Newspaper Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to enable local authorities to place statutory notices with digital-only local news outlets.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	58378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>While policy responsibility for each specific type of statutory notice lies with other departments, my department is working closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to ensure that the implications of any changes to publicity requirements relating to planning notices are understood before decisions are taken, as they consider next steps with regard to the Planning for the Future White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 58377 question first answered 21/10/2021 13:00:45 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon