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1716490

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force flights have travelled to Israel (a) since October 7 2023 and (b) between October 2022 and October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	25309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>There have been 59 Royal Air Force aircraft that have travelled to Israel from 7 October 2023 to 9 May 2024. There were 15 Royal Air Force flights to Israel from October 2022 to October 2023.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/05/2024 10:54:04 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1716491

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Gaza: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether armed forces personnel have been deployed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	25310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>No UK Armed Forces personnel have been on the ground in Gaza in any capacity since 7 October 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/05/2024 11:13:16 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1716493

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Defence Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the origin of (a) munitions and (b) hardware used by the Israel Defence Force in the drone strikes that killed World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza on 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	25312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is carefully reviewing Israel’s Fact Finding and Assessment Mechanism (FFAM)’s initial findings of their investigations into the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers and welcome the suspension of two officers as a first step. The findings of the investigation must be published in full and followed up with a wholly independent review to ensure the utmost transparency and accountability.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the situation in Israel and Gaza closely but are not commenting on specific licences.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/05/2024 11:13:31 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1716494

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose of UK military flights travelling to Israel since 7 October 2023 has been.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	25313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Royal Air Force operated planes travelling to Israel since 7 October 2023 have been used by Ministers, officials and UK Armed Forces personnel conducting diplomatic and defence engagement, and to transport life-saving medical supplies.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 17/05/2024 10:57:11 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1716492

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has sold arms to Israel since 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	25311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK government has not sold arms to Israel since 1 April 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/05/2024 12:33:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1713885

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Private Rented Housing: Warwick and Leamington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average increase in monthly private rent in Warwick and Leamington constituency in the period between 2022 and 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	23780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Rental data at constituency level is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 01/05/2024 14:32:02 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1713869

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the study funded by the Nuffield Foundation entitled A generation at risk: Rebalancing education in the post-pandemic era, published in April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	23778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>Predicting GCSE results is very difficult as there are many drivers that can interact in unforeseen ways. However, as the Nuffield Foundation’s report indicates, the pandemic deprived children of the advantages of studying together within the safety and support of their schools.</p><p> </p><p>The pandemic created a unique challenge for teachers, staff, students and families. Minimising its impact on education and tackling the challenges has been the department’s priority from the start. Almost £5 billion was made available specifically for education recovery, with support focussed on those who needed it most, while giving education providers as much flexibility as possible to tailor-make help for their own circumstances. This includes the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), which focuses on disadvantaged pupils and those who have fallen behind, and has seen nearly five million tutoring courses start since it launched in November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The department knows that disadvantaged children and pupils with a special educational need or disability were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The department continues to take a range of steps to give priority support and deliver programmes to help them, including improving the quality of teaching and curriculum resources, strengthening the school system and providing targeted support where needed. The department is also supporting disadvantaged pupils through the pupil premium, which is rising to almost £2.9 billion in 2024/25, which is the highest in cash terms since this funding began.</p><p> </p><p>Further to this, latest results from 2023 show that over 45% of pupils sitting GCSEs achieved a grade 5 or higher in both English and mathematics, which is an increase of more than two percentage points compared with pre-pandemic 2019 levels and almost three percentage points when compared with 2017.</p><p> </p><p>England recently came fourth in primary reading out of 43 countries which tested pupils of the same age in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). Despite disruption from the pandemic, England’s score remained stable and well above the international and European averages.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the department has committed to making schools safe, calm and supportive environments, which promote and support mental wellbeing alongside delivering an excellent education.</p><p> </p><p>Enrichment activities can deepen children’s in-school experience while supporting them to develop their socio-emotional skills. The department is now delivering the vision set out in its Schools White Paper, which states that every child and young person will have access to high-quality extra-curricular provision, including an entitlement to take part in sport, music and cultural opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Monitoring and measuring wellbeing in schools strengthens this, which is why the department’s guidance on promoting a whole-school approach to pupil wellbeing includes this as one of its eight key principles. You can find out more here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/614cc965d3bf7f718518029c/Promoting_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_and_wellbeing.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/614cc965d3bf7f718518029c/Promoting_children_and_young_people_s_mental_health_and_wellbeing.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is supporting all state schools and colleges with a grant to train a senior mental health lead. To date 15,100 settings have claimed a grant so far, including more than 7 in 10 state-funded secondary schools.</p><p> </p><p>Intervening early is critical. To expand access to early mental health support, the department is continuing to roll out Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) to schools and colleges. MHSTs deliver evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues, support the senior mental health lead (where established) in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approaches and give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaise with external specialist services, to help children and young people get the right support to stay in education. The department is extending coverage of MHSTs to cover at least 50% by the end of March 2025.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/05/2024 13:23:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1713876

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages: Warwick and Leamington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost of a mortgage was in Warwick and Leamington constituency in January (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	23779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>There is a wide variety of data and statistics about the mortgage market in the UK available from the Bank of England (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bankofengland.co.uk%2Fstatistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGeorge.Duffin%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb1c630eebc064f2f7ca608dc4cf1a566%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638469847958912548%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LFgJncnPLdaY95kBPxVILhhFsfABzKebfNxvPMaRgk4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics</a>), the Financial Conduct Authority (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fca.org.uk%2Fdata&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGeorge.Duffin%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb1c630eebc064f2f7ca608dc4cf1a566%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638469847958919458%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qsDoxHE5i6Qr%2F%2F%2B2ugdp5JfrKnEnCqoZ6RTFeBfdjVo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/data</a>) and UK Finance (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukfinance.org.uk%2Fdata-and-research%2Fdata&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGeorge.Duffin%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb1c630eebc064f2f7ca608dc4cf1a566%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638469847958926351%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZE6FOaosgwidvKTwi5wr4%2FTDyQY1GNeT%2BbWVTiKr7a4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/data-and-research/data</a>).</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 30/04/2024 13:22:54 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1713078

	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	Overseas Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of British National Overseas visa holders that are unable to access student finance.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	23263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Under the existing student support regulations, Hong Kong British National Overseas (BNO) visa holders would not have access to student finance until they have acquired a settled status in the UK and meet the three-year ordinary residence requirement. As the BNO route only opened in January 2021, the earliest a person is likely to become settled (and have access student finance) is in January 2026. As such, all persons who have been granted leave under the BNO route, are not currently able to access student finance.</p><p>Home Office statistics show that 140,300 people have arrived in the UK on the scheme since it began. However, not all of these people will go on to study in higher education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/05/2024 13:57:32 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1712773

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Warwick and Leamington
	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 trends in the number of teachers in Warwick and Leamington constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	23006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including the number of teachers in each school, is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>As of November 2022, which is the latest data available, there were over 468,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, an increase of 27,000 (6%) since 2010. This is the highest number of FTE teachers since the school workforce census began in 2010.</p><p>As of November 2019, there were 609.9 FTE teachers in state-funded schools in Warwick and Leamington constituency. This increased to 651.2 FTE teachers in state-funded schools in Warwick and Leamington constituency in November 2022. Figures for November 2023 will be published in June 2024. School workforce figures for 2024 have not yet been collected.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/04/2024 11:19:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western