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1731995

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 6 March 2024 to Question 16490 on Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice, what steps her Department is taking to review the contents of SEND information reports.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	7489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The requirement for all schools to publish Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Information Reports was introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014. Information Reports must contain details of a school’s provision for pupils with SEND and must be reviewed annually.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the department’s work on long-term options for improving the SEND system, we will explore the role of SEND Information Reports.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 10/10/2024 11:02:35 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1732006

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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	Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that social care providers make their clients aware of the services provided by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	7490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered // answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1732007

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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	Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on the proportion of cases referred to the Ombudsman from the independent care sector.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	7491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered // answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1730598

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Violence Reduction Units: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timetable is for announcing future funding settlements for (a) Violence Reduction Units and (v) the London Violence Reduction Unit.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2024 answer text <p>We recognise the valuable work and significant progress that Violence Reductions Units (VRUs), including the London Violence Reduction Unit, have made in understanding and preventing serious violence.</p><p>All decisions on funding post March 2025 will be subject to the spending review.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 09/10/2024 14:39:45 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1730601

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Community Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to enable community energy schemes to sell their power to local residents.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2024 answer text <p>Community energy will play an essential role in meeting our mission for clean power by 2030.</p><p>Great British Energy will provide support to deliver the Local Power Plan, putting communities at the heart of restructuring our energy economy. Through partnering with and providing funding and support to Community Energy Groups, the Local Power Plan will roll out small and medium‑scale renewable energy projects, using established technologies to develop up to 8GW of cheaper, cleaner power. This will include shared ownership projects in partnership with private developers.</p><p>Some suppliers already offer local tariffs, and other products and services are available that provide community benefits. Small-scale generation sites can benefit from an exemption, which means that they do not require a licence from Ofgem to generate electricity or to supply to local customers. Ofgem has further flexibility to award supply licences to generation sites that are above the exemptions threshold when they are restricted to specified local area.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 09/10/2024 15:26:12 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1728477

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Insulation: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2960 on Insulation: Housing, what discussions her Department has had with mortgage lenders on (a) the installation of spray foam insulation and (b) its impact on lending.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	5069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the issues some homeowners are facing in obtaining finance where spray foam insulation has been installed. Officials in the department have previously consulted UK Finance and the Building Societies Association, the trade bodies for lenders about this matter, who advise that their members rely on the views of valuers and surveyors on this issue.</p><p>Whilst the department cannot comment on the decisions made by individual lenders, the presence of spray foam should not automatically prevent lending, and decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis following a survey.</p><p>That is why it is important that surveyors continue to follow published protocols published in March 2023 to support these assessments, which can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.property-care.org%2Fresources%2Fspray-foam-insulation-inspections&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSGB_PQs%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce0e7f7dd2b5140006ff908dcd26916d9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638616595999647722%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=agzgqdPd4tdeuaXNgMWYSsVysOctzMTlWpo5Nl4iMf0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.property-care.org/resources/spray-foam-insulation-inspections(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsulationmanufacturers.org.uk%2Fguides-brochures%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSGB_PQs%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce0e7f7dd2b5140006ff908dcd26916d9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638616595999665058%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZZzxrlxVsCeflk6P9MXMY%2BPnxAH0sYIs9LzQD1P9tmc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Guides &amp; Documents - IMA (insulationmanufacturers.org.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p>The Government do not specify or recommend which types of insulation are appropriate for a particular property, and all measures installed under government schemes must be installed by TrustMark registered installers.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 5070 question first answered 07/10/2024 16:26:51 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1728478

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
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	Insulation: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2960 on Insulation: Housing, what steps she is taking to ensure homeowners who retrofit their homes with recommended measures are not penalised by mortgage lenders.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	5070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the issues some homeowners are facing in obtaining finance where spray foam insulation has been installed. Officials in the department have previously consulted UK Finance and the Building Societies Association, the trade bodies for lenders about this matter, who advise that their members rely on the views of valuers and surveyors on this issue.</p><p>Whilst the department cannot comment on the decisions made by individual lenders, the presence of spray foam should not automatically prevent lending, and decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis following a survey.</p><p>That is why it is important that surveyors continue to follow published protocols published in March 2023 to support these assessments, which can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.property-care.org%2Fresources%2Fspray-foam-insulation-inspections&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSGB_PQs%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce0e7f7dd2b5140006ff908dcd26916d9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638616595999647722%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=agzgqdPd4tdeuaXNgMWYSsVysOctzMTlWpo5Nl4iMf0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.property-care.org/resources/spray-foam-insulation-inspections(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsulationmanufacturers.org.uk%2Fguides-brochures%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSGB_PQs%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce0e7f7dd2b5140006ff908dcd26916d9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638616595999665058%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZZzxrlxVsCeflk6P9MXMY%2BPnxAH0sYIs9LzQD1P9tmc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Guides &amp; Documents - IMA (insulationmanufacturers.org.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p>The Government do not specify or recommend which types of insulation are appropriate for a particular property, and all measures installed under government schemes must be installed by TrustMark registered installers.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 5069 question first answered 07/10/2024 16:26:51 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1727876

registered interest
date	06/09/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has taken steps to establish an independent review of HMRC's implementation of the Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Chancellor and I know the loan charge is a very important matter for many members and their constituents. We have been considering this matter since taking office and will provide an update in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 11/09/2024 14:20:27 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1726647

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Strengthening protections in unregistered alternative provision, which closed on 9 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	3734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>On 9 May, the department published the consultation ‘Strengthening Protections in Unregistered Alternative Provision (AP)’ which sought views on proposals intended to improve practice and raise standards in unregistered AP. The consultation closed on 5 July.</p><p>This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities or who are in AP, including those in unregistered AP, receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.</p><p>Departmental officials are currently analysing the responses of the consultation, and the department will set out the next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 10/09/2024 15:04:11 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1726763

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the current (a) average time and (b) maximum times for Social Work England to conclude fitness to practice cases.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	3735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>As set out in Social Work England’s board report dated 19 July 2024, the current median time to conclude a fitness to practise case is 128 weeks and the maximum time is 319 weeks.</p><p>The department and Social Work England have taken several steps to reduce processing times including making changes to legislation in 2022 for operational efficiencies and providing additional funds of £7.1 million to clear the backlog of cases inherited from the previous regulator. Further activities being undertaken by Social Work England are set out in its annual business plan and in reports to Social Work England’s board.</p><p><strong> </strong>As at 31 August 2024, 113 Social workers are currently subject to an interim suspension order and unable to practise whilst awaiting the conclusion of their fitness to practise case.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 3736 3737 question first answered 05/09/2024 12:03:05 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes