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1718320

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Royal Preston Hospital: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the hospital admission rates at the Royal Preston Hospital for young people due to violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	26365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of hospital admissions for young people due to violent crime is published at a national level only, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2022-23" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2022-23</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/05/2024 09:01:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1714962

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his fiscal policies of the report by Oxfam International entitled Inequality Inc., published on 15 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	24190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Distributional analysis published at Spring Budget 2024 shows that the overall level of public spending received and tax paid by households continues to be highly redistributive.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has mechanisms for taxing wealth across many different economic activities, including acquisition, holding, transfer and disposal of assets and income derived from assets. The UK also has a progressive income tax system – the top 5% of taxpayers were projected to pay nearly half of all income tax in 2023-24.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 08/05/2024 10:32:10 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1714963

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of free school meals on educational attainment.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	24191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The department has not recently made a formal assessment of the links between free school meals and educational outcomes.</p><p><br>Nutritious food plays an important role in the development of healthy eating habits and ensures that pupils can concentrate and learn. That is why the department spends over £1 billion annually providing free meals to the greatest ever proportion of school children. Over one third of children are now eligible for free school meals, compared to one in six in 2010. This increase has been driven by the introduction of Universal Infant Free School Meals in 2014, as well as the department’s generous Universal Credit transitional protections put in place in 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/05/2024 16:17:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1714728

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Digital Technology: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle inequalities in access to digital technologies in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Preston; and what estimate she has made of the number of households without internet access in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Preston.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that no one should be left behind in the digital age. We will take steps to ensure support for the most urgent priorities. For example, we are investing £5 billion through Project Gigabit to bring gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach communities.</p><p> </p><p>According to thinkbroadband.com, only 0.5% of premises in the North-West, 0.6% in Lancashire, and less than 0.1% in Preston are unable to access a decent broadband connection of 10Mbps download, 1Mbps upload. These premises may be able to request an improved connection through the Broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) if their current connection falls below these speeds.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 08/05/2024 11:31:50 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1714729

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to help ensure that public services are available to (a) individuals and (b) households without internet access.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone has affordable access to public services, whether online or offline.</p><p>All new public services therefore must adhere to the Government Service Standards, which require Departments to provide a service that meets the needs of all users, across a range of channels. These channels include phone, paper, and face-to-face as options for both individuals or households that do not have access to the internet, or lack the confidence to use it.</p><p>Service teams are required to provide evidence that their service meets these standards, as part of which they undertake rigorous user testing for both online and offline services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 08/05/2024 15:46:43 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1713402

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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	Health Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for publishing the revised NHS Accessible Information Standard.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England remains committed to publishing the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) as soon as possible, with the intention of publishing it within the first quarter of 2024/25. The standard is within the publication process, and NHS England are working to both progress the documentation through the publication approval process, as well as ensuring that, when published, the AIS and supporting documentation are available in accessible formats.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 29/04/2024 16:31:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1713403

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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	State Retirement Pensions: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the State Pension age to 60.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As stated in our previous response to the same question published on 24 April 2024, the Government has no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to State Pension age were made over a series of Acts by successive governments from 1995 onwards, following public consultations and extensive debates in both Houses of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Further changes were introduced through the Pensions Acts 2011 and 2014 in order to protect public finances and maintain the sustainability of the State Pension over the long term.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 2011 Pensions Act the State Pension age for women and men rose to 66.</p><p> </p><p>The rise in State Pension age to 67 has been planned since 2014. Since then, the Government has undertaken two statutory State Pension age reviews, one in 2017 and one in 2023. These reviews both considered whether the existing rules about the timetable for State Pension age rising to 67 remained appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Both reviews, including the Independent Reports that supported them, concluded that the rules concerning the increase in State Pension age from 66 to 67 should continue as planned.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/05/2024 11:01:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1713404

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the personal allowance threshold for pensioners to £15,000.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps the Personal Allowance under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 29/04/2024 14:33:33 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1713474

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
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, what recent steps her Department has taken to increase the number of places for (a) children with autism and (b) children with special needs in schools.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>In March 2024, the department announced trusts to run 30 new special free schools, which included 17 designated to cater for pupils with autism. The Spring Budget announced funding for 15 special free schools. The department will announce the location of these new schools in May.</p><p>In March the department also published just under £850 million of High Needs Provision Capital Allocations for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years. This funding forms part of our transformational investment of £2.6 billion in new high needs provision between 2022 and 2025. Local authorities can use the funding to deliver new places in mainstream and special schools, as well as other specialist settings, and to improve the suitability and accessibility of existing buildings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 02/05/2024 16:56:54 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1713475

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not increasing pupil premium funding in line with inflation on disadvantaged students.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	23390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Pupil premium funding is rising to over £2.9 billion in 2024/25, an increase of around £90 million from 2023 to 2024. In 2024/25 the pupil premium funding rate for primary pupils is £1,480, and £1,050 for secondary pupils. Looked-after, and previously looked-after, children attract a higher rate of £2,570.</p><p> </p><p>These rates for 2024/25 were an increase of 1.7% on those for 2023/24. This increase was in line with inflation as measured by the GDP deflator forecasts when the rates were announced for 2024/25. As the inflation forecast for 2024/25 has since reduced, the increase in pupil premium rates of 1.7% is now higher than the latest inflation forecast.</p><p> </p><p>This increase ensures that this target funding continues to help schools to support disadvantaged pupils and close attainment gaps.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/04/2024 14:05:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick