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1126213

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in England awarded a local business rates discount in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19; which local authorities made those awards; and what the level was of each discount.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	253565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of authorities and which authorities awarded a local business rates discount under Section 47 of the Local Government Act 1988 are collected from local authorities as a snapshot each year.</p><p>Data as at 31 December 2017 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684809/1819_NNDR1_Supplementary_table_web.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684809/1819_NNDR1_Supplementary_table_web.xlsx</a><br> <br> Data as at 31 December 2018 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786864/NNDR1_2019-20_Supplementary_table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786864/NNDR1_2019-20_Supplementary_table.xlsx</a><br> <br> The Department does not collect data on the level of each discount awarded.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/05/2019 15:13:28 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1063656

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Studio@Deyes School
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils attended the Studio@Deyes school in Liverpool in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of pupils attending Studio@Deyes school since opening in September 2016 are: 75 in 2016/17, 139 in 2017/18 and 134 pupils currently in 2018/19.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/02/2019 13:04:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1063657

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Studio@Deyes School
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of opening Studio@Deyes school in Liverpool in September 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The department provides capital funding for the acquisition of sites/land and construction of free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools, and provides project development grants to proposers to cover essential non-capital costs prior to each school opening.</p><p>Figures for Studio@Deyes school are set out below and are published online on GOV.UK.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Funding </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital Funding (site acquisition and construction)</p></td><td><p>£4,802,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Development Grant</p></td><td><p>£504,000 (covering 25 months)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£5,306,910</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>On 31 January 2019, following discussions with Lydiate Learning Trust, the department agreed to the in-principle closure of Studio@Deyes in August 2020 subject to a listening period. Where a school closes the department and LocatED will always aim to recover assets and identify alternative educational uses for sites. If this is not possible, the department retains the option to sell the site for a commercial return.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/02/2019 17:32:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1063658

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Studio@Deyes School
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost was to the public purse of the operation of Studio@Deyes school in Liverpool in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Pre-16 school and academy funding allocations are published each financial year for all schools and academies and is available through the following links:</p><p>Information relating to ‘Academies Funding – Pre-16 funding allocations’, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-block-funding-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-block-funding-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to ‘Post 16 funding allocations’, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Additional grants may be applied to academies for specific purposes, and available data for these is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to ‘Pupil Premium allocations (financial year allocation)’, can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search?q=pupil+premium+allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search?q=pupil+premium+allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to ‘Teacher Pay Grant allocations’, can be found at: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pay-grant-2018-to-2019-financial-year-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pay-grant-2018-to-2019-financial-year-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to ‘Devolved Formula Capital (DFC) allocations’, can be found at: <br> <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/02/2019 13:02:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1063659

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Studio@Deyes School
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what educational outcomes were achieved by pupils attending Studio@Deyes school in Liverpool in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 4 and for 16-18 study for Studio@Deyes school in Liverpool in each of the last 2 years<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> is provided in the attached tables. The tables cover the headline measures shown in the school and college performance tables. Further information on these measures, and additional measures, can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/142128/the-studio-%40-deyes" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/142128/the-studio-%40-deyes</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The school opened on 1 September 2016, therefore only has 2 years of results available.</p><p>[2] Figures may have been suppressed (SUPP) when there are 5 or fewer pupils or students covered by the measure or marked as no entry (NE). NE refers to when the school or college did not enter any pupils or students for the qualifications covered by the measure.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/02/2019 13:25:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 222645_Attainment_levels_for_key_stage_4_and_16-18_pupils .pdf title 222645_Attainment_levels_for_key_stage_4_and_16-18
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1126043

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the application of the statutory guidance entitled Promoting the health and well-being of looked-after children - Statutory guidance for local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and NHS England, with particular reference to foetal alcohol syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	253564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>​The statutory guidance sets out local authorities’ duty to make sure each child they look after has a health assessment of their physical, emotional and mental health needs. The health and care system is responsible for providing this assessment. Assessments should take into account the health conditions that may be more prevalent in looked-after children, including foetal alcohol syndrome.</p><p>As part of their inspection of local authority children’s services, Ofsted assesses the progress and experience of children in care, including whether their physical and mental health needs are being effectively identified and met.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/05/2019 12:18:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1126931

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the NAHT survey entitled Embarrassed and Ashamed - The Impact of Austerity on England’s schoolchildren; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	254815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Tackling poverty will always be a priority for the government. We have lifted 400,000 people out of absolute poverty since 2010 and income inequality has fallen.</p><p>While schools alone cannot solve the challenges faced by many disadvantaged families at home, they can address barriers to learning when a child is at school. We support the provision of nutritious food in schools. This ensures pupils are well nourished, develop healthy eating habits and can concentrate and learn. The department provides free school meals support to 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged pupils. This saves families hundreds of pounds each year.</p><p>The pupil premium has provided school leaders with more than £15.6 billion since 2011 to focus on support for disadvantaged pupils. We expect to spend another £2.4 billion this year. School leaders are free to use this additional grant in any way they choose to benefit their pupils. We know that schools sometimes use the funding to help put their disadvantaged pupils in a receptive state of mind to learn by providing breakfast, items of school uniform, equipment, emotional support, and homework clubs. This enables every child to realise their potential.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2019 12:48:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1056890

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Sefton Central on 5 February 2019 Official Report column 159, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the system of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder courts used in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	218300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>My Department has not previously made an assessment of adopting the system of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder courts used in Manitoba.</p><p> </p><p>Courts already make special arrangements for defendants with learning disabilities by adapting the trial process to address their specific communication and other needs. We take this approach for defendants with a variety of special needs; it is generally preferable to specialised courts which create inflexibility in the system, slow down court processes and can negatively impact other court users facing different challenges and vulnerabilities. We are working with NHS England and others to ensure that needs are identified early in the criminal justice process and offenders have access to the right treatment and support once they have been through the courts.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2019 15:42:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 101489 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1088508

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Justice of 4 March 2019, Official Report, column 698 on the Privatised Probation System, when he plans to meet with the hon. Member for Sefton and the family of Sam Cook.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	232002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>My private office has contacted the hon. Member’s office and will arrange a meeting in due course.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/03/2019 16:05:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1123232

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Service Industries: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of non-UK nationals employed in the services export sector in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	247690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster attachment 1 file name PQ247690 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA Holding Response 2 file name PQ247690.pdf title UKSA Response question first answered 30/04/2019 14:02:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson