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426713

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Lancaster and Fleetwood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed on zero-hours contracts in their main employment in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	15251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 12/11/2015 15:31:42 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ Cat Smith - ZHC.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

578625

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the provision of youth services a statutory duty for councils.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	45636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Government does place an existing statutory duty on local authorities through the Education Act 2006 (Section 507B) to secure, as far as is practicable, sufficient services and activities to improve the wellbeing of young people. However, in fulfilling this responsibility government believes that local authorities should be empowered to decide how best to secure services that meet the needs of young people within the budget that is available to them.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to ensuring all young people can reach their full potential and has recently announced an £80 million investment in the youth sector that is being delivered through the Youth Investment Fund and the #iwill Fund.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 16/09/2016 11:35:37 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

578626

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies and those of local authorities of the findings of the Unison report, A Future at Risk, published in August 2016, on the number of places in youth services that have been lost since 2010; and whether she plans to increase the number of such places.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	45647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to decide how to allocate funding for youth services, according to local need. There is an existing statutory duty on local authorities through Education Act 2006 (Section 507B) to secure, as far as is practicable, sufficient services and activities to improve the wellbeing of young people. Individual local authorities would be best placed to advise on whether there are plans to increase the number of places in youth services in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to ensuring all young people have the best possible start in life. To demonstrate this, it has recently announced an £80million investment in the youth sector that is being delivered through the Youth Investment Fund and the #iwill Fund.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 16/09/2016 11:30:49 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

578624

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Youth Centres: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of youth centres planned for closure in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	45637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to decide how to allocate funding for youth services, according to local need. Individual local authorities would be best placed to advise on any youth centres that are planned for closure in their local area in 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 16/09/2016 11:32:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

516359

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	Work and Health Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the tender document for the Work and Health Programme to provide specialist support for long-term unemployed and claimants with health conditions and disabilities will be published; and when that programme will be operational.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	35858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review confirmed that the Department will launch the Work and Health Programme, restructuring our current provision to focus on providing the best possible support for claimants with health conditions or disabilities, as well as those who are long-term unemployed. The programme will launch in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department have commenced the commercial process for the programme by issuing a Prior Information Notice which was published on 28 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/05/2016 16:17:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

516360

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	Work and Health Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the specification for the Work and Health Programme to provide specialist support for long-term unemployed and claimants with health conditions and disabilities will require (a) autism and (b) other conditions of claimants to be recorded by both providers and Jobcentre Plus; and what discussions he has had about which conditions will be recorded.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	35857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Development of the Work and Health Programme design is well underway, including engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. The Department has commenced the commercial process for the programme by releasing the Prior Information Notice for potential providers on 28 April.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on what the information reporting requirements will be for people with a disability or health condition are yet to be made.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/05/2016 16:35:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

506561

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time was for an electric wheelchair through NHS Wheelchair Services after being determined eligible to receive one in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	32695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>No data is currently available in relation to waiting times for wheelchairs for 2014-15. A new national data collection has been introduced (from July 2015) to all clinical commissioning groups to allow for transparency and benchmarking their services. Data has so far been published for quarter 2 and quarter 3 2015/16. However, this is a new collection and does not yet provide an opportunity to draw national or regional comparisons.</p><p> </p><p>The new dataset is part of the work that NHS England is taking forward in partnership with service users, carers and others to lay the foundations for improvement across the country. A tariff for wheelchairs will enable commissioners to move away from simple contracts, and so increase efficiency and better align resources with service users’ needs; support and resources for clinical commissioning groups will help them improve their commissioning of wheelchair services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 32696 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:44:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

506562

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time to receive an electric wheelchair through NHS Wheelchair Services after being determined eligible to receive one.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	32696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>No data is currently available in relation to waiting times for wheelchairs for 2014-15. A new national data collection has been introduced (from July 2015) to all clinical commissioning groups to allow for transparency and benchmarking their services. Data has so far been published for quarter 2 and quarter 3 2015/16. However, this is a new collection and does not yet provide an opportunity to draw national or regional comparisons.</p><p> </p><p>The new dataset is part of the work that NHS England is taking forward in partnership with service users, carers and others to lay the foundations for improvement across the country. A tariff for wheelchairs will enable commissioners to move away from simple contracts, and so increase efficiency and better align resources with service users’ needs; support and resources for clinical commissioning groups will help them improve their commissioning of wheelchair services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 32695 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:44:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

514551

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Voluntary Organisations: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which women's organisations the Minister for Women has met since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	34907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and I have met with many representatives from women’s organisations since taking on our roles as Ministers for Women and Equalities. This includes attending and speaking at conferences and events, including a women and equalities stakeholder event held in July 2015, and our pre-CSW NGO event organised by the Government Equalities Office in November 2015, which was attended by representatives of approximately 40 women’s organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Meetings are a matter of public record, and can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-ministers-quarterly-returns" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-ministers-quarterly-returns</a> and <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>. Some of the meetings we have held with women’s organisations include:</p><ul><li><p>Women’s Aid</p></li><li><p>Agenda</p></li><li><p>30% Club</p></li><li><p>Rights of Women</p></li><li><p>Birth Companions</p></li><li><p>Women’s Business Council</p></li><li><p>Brighton Women’s Centre</p></li><li><p>One Small Thing</p></li><li><p>Women’s Breakout</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/04/2016 10:33:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

523152

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Voluntary Organisations: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what criteria the Government uses in deciding which women's organisations to fund; how much funding the Government gave to women's organisations in each of the last three years; and which such organisations received funding from government in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	39327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to gender equality. When appropriate we fund women’s organisations to carry out activities that further this aim. The criteria we use to determine which organisations to fund vary according to the policy aims that we are seeking to achieve.</p><p>Some of the most significant funding streams for UK women’s organisations in the last three years have come from HM Treasury, the Home Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government. HM Treasury has used £15 million collected from VAT on sanitary products to fund women’s charities – the grantees were announced in March 2016. The Department for Communities and Local Government also made available £250,000 to community and voluntary sector organisations as part of its Women’s Empowerment Fund in 2015-16 and continues to provide funding for refuges. Furthermore, the Home Office is providing funding to organisations and refuges supporting female victims of domestic and other forms of violence, as announced in the refreshed cross-Government strategy to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls on 8 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/06/2016 14:25:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith