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1658022

registered interest
date	29/08/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure value for money in public spending.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	906213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>Value for money is at the heart of government spending. It is one of the key considerations for any decision involving the use of public funds across government.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Spending Review, the government has taken several steps to ensure it continues to deliver the greatest value from every pound of taxpayer’s money it spends. Departments have reprioritised and identified further efficiencies to help manage the impacts of inflation, protect vital frontline services and give our key public sector workers the pay rise they deserve.</p><p> </p><p>This is only the start, the Chancellor has asked me to lead an ambitious Public Sector Productivity Programme targeted at increasing public sector productivity growth, both in the short- and long-term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/09/2023 14:16:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1645019

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
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	Regional Planning and Development: Aarhus Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill on the UK's obligations under Article (a) 6 and (b) 7 of the Aarhus Convention.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	189743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the Aarhus Convention and its requirements for public participation in decision making relating to the environment. The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill will improve opportunities for public involvement in planning by making procedures more accessible and digital, while maintaining opportunities to comment on plans and planning applications. National Development Management Policies will also be subject to appropriate and any necessary consultation before they are introduced.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/06/2023 13:42:07 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1645020

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
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	Development Plans: Aarhus Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions on National Development Management Policies of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill on the UK's obligations under Article (a) 6 and (b) 7 of the Aarhus Convention.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	189744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the Aarhus Convention and its requirements for public participation in decision making relating to the environment. The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill will improve opportunities for public involvement in planning by making procedures more accessible and digital, while maintaining opportunities to comment on plans and planning applications. National Development Management Policies will also be subject to appropriate and any necessary consultation before they are introduced.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/06/2023 14:54:44 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1642149

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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	Child Trust Fund: Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the appointee scheme to support disabled young people who do not have the mental capacity to access the money in their Child Trust Fund accounts.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	187883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The DWP appointee system gives access to social security benefits only. It does not give access to monies held in Child Trust Funds. Where the child is incapable of accessing the funds themselves, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides for how a third party can do that on the child’s behalf, namely, through the Court of Protection. There are no current plans to change this approach.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/06/2023 09:12:07 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1625639

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court of Protection: Child Trust Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applicants have successfully applied to the Court of Protection to access their Child’s Trust Fund savings in the past three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	183659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>According to management information provided by the Court of Protection for the period 2020 to date it has received and dealt with 70 successful applications where a Child Trust Fund is the sole asset. This does not include those cases where a Child Trust Fund may be one of several assets owned by the young person lacking capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The online process to streamline and speed up processing times for property and affairs applications was made available to all court users in February. We continue to review and revise the process and the court will continue to identify areas to simplify and remove duplication on court forms, including uploading to the online process many of the forms required for a property and affairs applications.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider the potential merits of using their Appointee scheme to cover Child Trust Fund accounts for disabled young people that lack mental capacity.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 183660 183661 question first answered 12/05/2023 15:16:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1625640

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund: Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the Department for Work and Pensions Appointee scheme to cover Child Trust Fund accounts for disabled young people that lack mental capacity.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	183660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>According to management information provided by the Court of Protection for the period 2020 to date it has received and dealt with 70 successful applications where a Child Trust Fund is the sole asset. This does not include those cases where a Child Trust Fund may be one of several assets owned by the young person lacking capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The online process to streamline and speed up processing times for property and affairs applications was made available to all court users in February. We continue to review and revise the process and the court will continue to identify areas to simplify and remove duplication on court forms, including uploading to the online process many of the forms required for a property and affairs applications.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider the potential merits of using their Appointee scheme to cover Child Trust Fund accounts for disabled young people that lack mental capacity.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 183659 183661 question first answered 12/05/2023 15:16:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1625641

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court of Protection: Child Trust Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's planned timescale is for simplifying the Court of Protection process for families wanting to access savings in Child Trust Funds for disabled children.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	183661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>According to management information provided by the Court of Protection for the period 2020 to date it has received and dealt with 70 successful applications where a Child Trust Fund is the sole asset. This does not include those cases where a Child Trust Fund may be one of several assets owned by the young person lacking capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The online process to streamline and speed up processing times for property and affairs applications was made available to all court users in February. We continue to review and revise the process and the court will continue to identify areas to simplify and remove duplication on court forms, including uploading to the online process many of the forms required for a property and affairs applications.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider the potential merits of using their Appointee scheme to cover Child Trust Fund accounts for disabled young people that lack mental capacity.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 183659 183660 question first answered 12/05/2023 15:16:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1623379

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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	Disabled Facilities Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to increase the maximum amount that can be awarded through the Disabled Facility Grant in the context of the rise of the cost of materials and labour.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	182229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-04-14%2F180284&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cnick.prokopiou%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cc65befb7df0641ce314008db4574baf6%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638180139869121492%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=S%2FFTeoawxHu54WV9eWG9To2OUqoSvgP1IoDEh1Nmt%2BQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">180284</a> on 24 April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/04/2023 11:24:51 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1607951

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will outline the (a) decision-making process and (b) eligibility criteria used to determine which NHS Trusts received funding for Breast Cancer Screening Units in the financial year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	174193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>All National Health Service Breast Screening services were eligible for the fund, if there was commitment in agreement with NHS England, to increase breast screening activity and improve efficiencies and programme resilience.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 31/03/2023 09:15:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 66753 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1607952

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Community Diagnostic Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what eligibility criteria his Department plan to use to determine (a) where new Community Diagnostic Centres are located and (b) the order in which they are rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	174194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>To identify appropriate locations, integrated care systems (ICSs) are required to ensure that proposed sites meet the specifications of being separate from acute diagnostics and are able to accommodate minimum community diagnostic centre (CDC) services.</p><p>All proposed CDCs go through an approvals process led by systems and NHS England, prior to approval by Ministers.</p><p>NHS England’s ambition is that each ICS will have at least one standard or large model CDC.</p><p>The first CDCs to open were early adopter sites that could be stood up quickly with no capital investment requirements, to add much-needed additional diagnostic capacity to address the diagnostic backlog. Where required, these temporary sites are being replaced. There are no other eligibility criteria on the order in which CDCs are being rolled out.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/03/2023 16:43:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts