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1684921

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	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	Pharmacy
	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 her Department is taking to ensure that there is adequate pharmacy provision.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	11429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department monitors changes to the market closely to understand patient access to pharmaceutical services within the National Health Service. The law requires that every three years, local authority Health and Wellbeing Boards undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments to identify if there is a need for improvement or better access to services in the local areas. Contractors can apply to open a pharmacy where there is a gap or a need for improved access to services or if they can make a case for providing other benefits to the local communities.</p><p> </p><p>When their usual local pharmacy closes, patients can choose to access any of the remaining pharmacies nearby. Patients can also choose to access NHS pharmaceutical services remotely through any of the approximately 400 internet pharmacies in England, which are contractually required to deliver medicines to patients’ home address free of charge.</p><p>There were 10,673 pharmacies on 31 December 2023 providing NHS services in England. Access remains good with 80% of the population living within 20 minutes walking distance of a pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas of the country.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/02/2024 17:02:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1679782

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Chelmsford constituency received school improvement grants in (a) 2010-2017 and (b) 2017-2023; how many grants were received in each period; and what the total amount for each school was in each period.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	8165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Departmental records show that between 2010 and 2017 five schools in Chelmsford constituency received or benefited from specific school improvement grants, and between 2017 and the end of December 2023 ten schools received or benefited from specific school improvement grants.</p><p>The following grants have been included in this analysis:</p><ul><li>Regional Academy Growth Fund (RAGF) 2016/17</li><li>Multi-academy Trust Development and Improvement Fund (MDIF) 2018/19</li><li>Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF) - 2019 to date</li><li>Strategic School Improvement Capital Budget (SSICB) - 2016 to date</li><li>Environmental Improvement Grant (EIG) - 2016 to date</li><li>Emergency Strategic Improvement Fund (ESIF) - 2017 to date</li><li>School Improvement offer (SI) - 2018 to 2020</li><li>Trust and School Improvement offer (TSI) – 2021 to date.</li></ul><p>The department has also included grants allocated for sponsored academy conversions (2010 to date), as well as grants for transferring academies between trusts (2012 to date) because these grants may include elements for school improvement activities.</p><p>The department has limited this analysis to these grants as they can be quantified for some of the time periods requested. The department's policy of retaining financial records for seven years limits access to data before the 2016/17 financial year. Other department grants may contribute less directly to wider school improvement. In addition, many of these and other grants are allocated via academy trusts or other organisations, and so schools may benefit indirectly without being the designated recipient from department. Finally, not all grant programs have been operational throughout the entire period between 2010 and 2023.</p><p>For a summary of the grants awarded, and for relevant school-level data, please refer to the tables below:</p><p>Table 1: Summary of school improvement grants paid for supporting schools in Chelmsford constituency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of institutions in receipt of a school improvement grant and their total value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grant programme</p></td><td><p>(a) 2010 to 2017</p></td><td><p>(b) 2017to2023 (to end December 2023)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional Academy Growth Fund**</p></td><td><p>RAGF 2016-2017 2 trusts each with 1 school in Chelmsford*</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Multi-academy Trust Development and Improvement Fund**</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>2 trusts, one with 2 schools and 1 with 1 school in Chelmsford*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trust Capacity Fund **</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>1 trust with 2 schools in Chelmsford*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic School Improvement Capital Budget</p></td><td><p>N/A* 2010-2017<br> None – 2016-17</p></td><td><p>None</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Environmental Improvement Grant</p></td><td><p>None for 2016-17. <br> Records not available prior to 2016-17.</p></td><td><p>None</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emergency Strategic Improvement Fund</p></td><td><p>N/A as fund started in 2017-18</p></td><td><p>None</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsored conversions to academy status</p></td><td><p>3 academies, totalling £210,000</p></td><td><p>None</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transfer of an academy</p></td><td><p>None</p></td><td><p>None</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School Improvement Offer</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>1 school, totalling £1,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trust and School Improvement offer</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>4 schools, totalling £16,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Grant programme not operating during this period.</p><p>** The RAGF, MDIF, and TCAF funds support growth in the capacity of academy trusts to oversee academies. Funding is allocated to trusts, and available data only reflects the total amounts received at the trust level. We are unable to attribute specific portions of the funding awarded under the RAGF, MDIF or TCaF programmes to individual school improvement efforts within any given trust or locality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Value of school improvement grants awarded where it is possible to identify a value attributable to the Chelmsford constituency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Name of school or trust</p></td><td><p>Grant name</p></td><td><p>Year funding allocated or first payment made</p></td><td><p>Amount paid or allocated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melbourne Park Primary and Nursery School</p></td><td><p>Pre-opening sponsored grant</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meadgate Primary School</p></td><td><p>Pre-opening sponsored grant</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Larkrise Primary School</p></td><td><p>Pre-opening sponsored grant</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newlands Spring Primary School</p></td><td><p>School Improvement Offer Tier 1</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£1,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Essex Academy Trust</p></td><td><p>Trust and School Improvement Offer</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridge Academy Trust</p></td><td><p>Trust and School Improvement Offer</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£1,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Chelmsford Learning Partnership</p></td><td><p>Trust and School Improvement Offer</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attain Academy Partnership</p></td><td><p>Trust and School Improvement Offer</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/01/2024 17:08:36 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1679783

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the per pupil funding to schools (a) in Essex and (b) nationally was in (i) 2016/17 and (ii) 2023/24; and what the percentage increase adjusted for inflation for schools (A) in Essex and (B) nationally was between those years.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	8166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2024 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on schools funding at the national level, including revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5 to 16, in cash and real terms. Statistics for the 2010/11 to 2023/24 financial years are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-funding-statistics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-funding-statistics</a>.</p><p>In 2016/17 national per pupil funding in cash terms was £5,590 and in 2023/24 this had risen to £7,460 in cash terms. This represents a cumulative growth in per pupil funding since 2016/17 of 9.9% in real terms, as measured by the GDP deflator.</p><p>The published information has been designed to capture core funding for schools and be as consistent and comparable as possible across these years, given that the funding system has changed significantly during that time. It covers mainstream primary and secondary schools, special schools, alternative provision, pupil referral units and non-maintained special schools. Information about the methodology can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/school-funding-statistics-methodology" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/school-funding-statistics-methodology</a>. The department does not have a breakdown of this time series at local authority level, therefore equivalent figures are not available for Essex.</p><p>At local authority level, the department instead publish per pupil units of funding for the schools block of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in cash terms. In 2016/17 for Essex, this was £4,392. Following changes to the funding system in 2017/18, the primary and secondary per pupil units of funding were provided separately and, in 2023/24 for Essex, these were £4,720 and £6,116 respectively. These figures are for mainstream schools only and do not include any additional grant funding outside of the DSG, such as the mainstream schools additional grant and teachers’ pay additional grant. The national equivalent to these local authority figures is £4,636 for 2016/17 and £4,954 and £6,422 for 2023/24 for primary and secondary schools respectively.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/01/2024 17:52:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1671416

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help prevent weapons being supplied to the Rapid Support Forces by the United Arab Emirates via (a) Chad and (b) other neighbouring countries.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	2638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns any actions that further fuel the brutal conflict in Sudan. There is a UN Arms Embargo and Sanctions Regime on Darfur, which the UK renewed in March 2023, and which complements a longstanding bilateral UK arms embargo in place for the whole of Sudan. These regimes have been used to constrain the flow of weapons into the country and support efforts to stop those who pose a threat to stability in Darfur. The UN Arms Embargo and Sanctions Regime on Darfur will be reviewed by September 2024. Ministers continue to place emphasis on the importance of neutrality and of supporting a ceasefire and civilian political transition.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 27/11/2023 16:46:40 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1671417

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Sudanese counterpart on (a) travel permissions for international humanitarian relief workers, (b) transport permissions for humanitarian aid and (c) other bureaucratic barriers to delivering humanitarian aid in east Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	2639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns the lack of humanitarian access into and across Sudan, as a result of the actions of the parties to the conflict. Lack of security remains the biggest constraint for international agencies and national NGOs seeking to deliver much-needed life-saving assistance. We continue to raise humanitarian access, including bureaucratic and administrative impediments, with the warring parties, our international partners and in international fora such as the UN.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 2640 question first answered 27/11/2023 16:35:45 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1671418

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Himanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his (a) UN and (b) other international counterparts on taking steps with the Sudanese government to (i) provide travel permissions for international humanitarian relief workers, (ii) provide transport permissions for humanitarian aid and (iii) tackle other bureaucratic barriers to delivering humanitarian aid in east Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	2640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns the lack of humanitarian access into and across Sudan, as a result of the actions of the parties to the conflict. Lack of security remains the biggest constraint for international agencies and national NGOs seeking to deliver much-needed life-saving assistance. We continue to raise humanitarian access, including bureaucratic and administrative impediments, with the warring parties, our international partners and in international fora such as the UN.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 2639 question first answered 27/11/2023 16:35:45 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1654286

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending sanctions to the (a) subsidiaries, (b) suppliers and (c) buyers of businesses that have been sanctioned for funding of the war in Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	195231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>In response to the ongoing conflict and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan, on 12 July I announced a package of six sanctions under the UK's Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. The UK has imposed an asset freeze on three commercial entities linked to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and three commercial entities linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the two main parties to the conflict. These sanctions, which target entities which the SAF and RSF have used to support their war efforts, are designed to press the parties into a permanent ceasefire, allow unfettered humanitarian access and commit to a sustained and meaningful peace process.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 195232 question first answered 08/09/2023 13:53:54 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1654287

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of imposing financial sanctions on (a) Omdurman National Bank and (b) Al-Khalij Bank in the context of their association with factions in the war in Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	195232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>In response to the ongoing conflict and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan, on 12 July I announced a package of six sanctions under the UK's Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. The UK has imposed an asset freeze on three commercial entities linked to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and three commercial entities linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the two main parties to the conflict. These sanctions, which target entities which the SAF and RSF have used to support their war efforts, are designed to press the parties into a permanent ceasefire, allow unfettered humanitarian access and commit to a sustained and meaningful peace process.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell grouped question UIN 195231 question first answered 08/09/2023 13:53:54 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1651938

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK's position as the penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council, if he will call for the expansion of the UN arms embargo to the whole of Sudan.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	193448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>There is a UN Arms Embargo and Sanctions Regime on Darfur, which we renewed in March 2023. There is also a longstanding bilateral UK arms embargo in place for the whole of Sudan. These regimes have been used to constrain the flow of weapons into the country and support efforts to stop those who pose a threat to stability in Darfur. The UN Arms Embargo and Sanctions Regime on Darfur will be reviewed by September 2024.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/07/2023 06:43:42 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1651939

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to discourage regional and other external actors from aiding conflict in Sudan through provision of financial, logistical or military support to factions in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	193449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>We are pursuing all diplomatic avenues, including at the UN Security Council and Human Rights Council, and through cooperation with counterparts from African, Quad (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America) and European countries, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and the United Nations, to end the violence in Sudan. We are also working through a new African Union-led Core Group to ensure inclusive regional and international action to secure a viable peace process. On 12 July, we announced a package of six sanctions under the Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, freezing the assets of three commercial entities linked to each party involved in the conflict. These sanctions target entities which the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces have used to support their war efforts and are designed to press the parties to allow humanitarian assistance, end the violence and engage in a meaningful and sustained progress to peace. We will continue to use all our diplomatic levers to urge regional and external actors to support international efforts to bring the warring parties back to the negotiating table and end the conflict.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 19/07/2023 06:52:33 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford