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1713330

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	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 adequacy of school building conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	902520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The government has compiled one of the largest and most comprehensive surveys of school building condition in Europe. The Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme is the first of its kind to help us understand the condition of the school estate, and target funding to where it is most needed. This programme ran from 2017 to 2019 and visited over 22,000 schools. The key findings from the first CDC programme is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A follow up programme, known as Condition Data Collection 2, is underway and has already visited over half of the government funded school and college estate in England. The programme is due to be completed by 2026.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of those who run schools – such as academy trusts and local authorities – who work with their schools day to day to manage maintenance and to alert the department if there is a serious concern with a building that cannot be managed independently. The department supports them by providing capital funding, delivering major rebuilding programmes and offering guidance and support.</p><p> </p><p>The department has allocated over £17 billion since 2015 for improving the condition of schools, including £1.8 billion announced for 2024/25. In addition, the School Rebuilding Programme is transforming buildings at over 500 schools across England.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/04/2024 16:23:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1713577

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Housing: Safety
	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 is taking steps to support owner-occupiers to fix safety issues in their homes.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	23440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made multiple statements and policy announcements on this issue. The Building Safety Act 2022 can be found here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/contents/enacted" target="_blank">Building Safety Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>We continue to update the House on our progress including in Written Ministerial Statements in November 2023 and April 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 29/04/2024 15:07:14 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1713576

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	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	Rented Housing: Standards
	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 steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of non-decent homes in the (a) private rented and (b) social rented sector.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	23439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Everyone deserves to live in a safe and decent home. This is why we are introducing a Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector for the first time through the Renters (Reform) Bill.</p><p>We are also reviewing the Decent Homes Standard, which sets out the minimum requirements for all social housing.</p><p>Data on housing decency is published regularly via the English Housing Survey at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 23643 question first answered 29/04/2024 14:24:56 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1712934

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Mental Health Services and Paediatrics: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the findings of the Cass Review, published on 10 April 2024, on the adequacy of levels of funding for child mental health and specialist paediatric services.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	902451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>I would once again like to thank Dr Cass for her excellent report which provides much needed clarity for services and patients. We are working with NHS England to take forward its recommendations.</p><p>NHS England has committed £17.1 million to the two new regional hubs for Children and Young People gender services in 2024/25.</p><p>We are providing record levels of investment to transform NHS mental health services in England. Since 2019 spending has increased by £4.7 billion in cash terms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/04/2024 15:12:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1700004

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how often he has discussions with the Infected Blood Inquiry on the implementation of compensation recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	20938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>I, and my predecessors in this role, have not had formal discussions with members of the Infected Blood Inquiry team, to protect the Inquiry’s independence from Government. The Government has committed to update Parliament through an oral statement on next steps within 25 sitting days following the publication of the Inquiry’s final report on 20 May, and it is our intention to make this statement as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/04/2024 16:37:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1700003

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Victims: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department issues guidance on the issuing of compensation to victims of institutional failures.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	20937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been steadfast in its commitment to providing diverse compensation schemes that cater to varying needs and circumstances and remains committed to upholding the rule of law, ensuring that all citizens have access to effective mechanisms for resolving grievances, and holding institutions accountable. Each Department responsible for a compensation scheme issues guidance to claimants for engaging with their respective scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/04/2024 15:53:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1689983

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	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	Agency Nurses: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on agency nurses in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	14504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The amount spent on agency nurses by year for each of the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Agency (nursing) spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£843 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£879 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£838 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£1.1 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£1.37 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Long Term Workforce Plan sets out a path to reduce the National Health Service’s reliance on agency. We estimate that the reliance on temporary staffing in FTE terms will reduce from 9% in 2021/22 to around 5% from 2032/33 onwards, with mostly bank staff fulfilling the requirement for temporary staffing.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/04/2024 12:26:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 18764 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1698071

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled HMT ministers’ overseas travel, published on 21 March 2024, how much of the £15,991 spent on his visit to the USA from 20 to 22 October 2023 was spent on air travel.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	20032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes details of Ministerial travel on GOV.UK. As has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers' travel either at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 28/03/2024 11:31:59 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1695337

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165185 on Free School Meals, what the complex data, systems, financial and legal implications are of a government-led rollout of automatic enrolment for all eligible children.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	18079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>​​​As previously communicated, the department has looked at auto-enrolment and considers there to be merit in local authorities exploring initiatives to maximise take up and to better understand the barriers that prevent such take up, whilst also ensuring adherence to legal and data protection constraints, which still remain an important consideration. These include constraints around data-sharing, as well as the need for families to make a claim for free school meals to be eligible under the current process.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to engage with key stakeholders in this area, noting the methods currently being trialled across a number of local authorities to increase and maximise take up.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/03/2024 16:40:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1693323

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 121 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, for what reason the fruitless payment relating to the Reconstruction of Multi Threat Wall for Typhoon Synthetic Trainers was made.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	16640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Additional costs were incurred on the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training new buildings to ensure the internal walls complied with the latest appropriate standards, in order to meet security requirements.</p><p>This required the redesign and rework of walls that were already being constructed and resulted in the fruitless payment detailed in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 16602 question first answered 13/03/2024 12:09:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson