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1401277

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were yet to be visited to deliver booster doses of covid-19 vaccinations as of (a) 25 December 2021 and (b) 7 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	100646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>As of 30 December 2021, 5,893 or 39% of care homes, including both older adult and non-older adult care homes, had been visited on more than one occasion. As of 25 December 2021, 25 care homes or 0.16% care homes were yet to be visited. As of 7 January 2022, seven or 0.05% of care homes were yet to be visited. Delays in visiting the remaining care homes were due to outbreaks, therefore visits could not take place until the 28-day isolation period was over.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 100647 question first answered 17/01/2022 12:24:06 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1401278

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes have been visited to deliver booster doses of covid-19 vaccinations on more than one occasion.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	100647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>As of 30 December 2021, 5,893 or 39% of care homes, including both older adult and non-older adult care homes, had been visited on more than one occasion. As of 25 December 2021, 25 care homes or 0.16% care homes were yet to be visited. As of 7 January 2022, seven or 0.05% of care homes were yet to be visited. Delays in visiting the remaining care homes were due to outbreaks, therefore visits could not take place until the 28-day isolation period was over.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 100646 question first answered 17/01/2022 12:24:06 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1243084

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children and Young People: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Solihull approach in improving children and adolescents’ wellbeing and mental health; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing training for people working in education on that approach.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the work that is happening in Solihull to bring about improvements in children and adolescents’ wellbeing and mental health.</p><p>The Department for Education has established a joint programme with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England to oversee the delivery of the proposals set out in our Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services green paper. This includes the provision of mental health support teams (MHSTs) linked to groups of schools and colleges and the commitment to provide training for senior mental health leads in all state-funded schools and colleges in England.</p><p>Different areas are necessarily taking different approaches to implementation based on their own circumstances. The evaluation of the programme will inform further roll-out and how areas can learn from each other. 59 MHSTs are already established in 25 areas across the country with an additional 123 teams being set up in 57 areas this year, including two teams in Birmingham and Solihull. This will mean that the approach in that area will be able to feed into wider practice.</p><p>We have already made available a range of training for education staff on supporting pupils and on joint working. This includes our Link Programme training for all schools and colleges to help frontline health and education professionals work together effectively, and a range of specific training to support an effective response to the issues faced by children and young people as a result of COVID-19. Expert webinars in July reached thousands of education and local service staff.</p><p>Feedback suggests that in order to be effective, training and support needs to be flexible and reflect local circumstances. With this in mind, we have worked with DHSC, Health Education England, Public Health England and key voluntary sector organisations, to launch Wellbeing for Education Return. This project, backed by £8 million, is training local experts to provide additional advice and resources for schools and colleges to help support pupil, student, parent and carer, and staff wellbeing, resilience and recovery in light of the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown. The project includes flexibility to allow local authorities to adapt training, resources and follow-up support to suit their local contexts and will build on existing local approaches to support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 16/10/2020 11:19:19 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1243085

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an (a) assessment of the potential merits of and (b) estimate of the capital investment requirements for installing or improving ventilation systems in school buildings to reduce potential transmission of covid-19 during cold weather.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has advised that ventilation is in some circumstances an important factor in mitigating against the risk of transmission of COVID-19. The Department has therefore been working closely with a range of partners, including other government departments, school workforce unions, the Health and Safety Executive and the Chartered Institute of Building Services, as well as SAGE, to develop ventilation guidance for schools during the outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is expected to be published in the autumn term and will highlight the importance of balancing well ventilated spaces with comfortable environments. This can be achieved through a variety of measures including natural ventilation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/10/2020 15:41:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1243086

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the (a) availability and (b) cost of childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Since April 2020, we have been collecting weekly data from all English local authorities to monitor the availability of early years childcare. We collect and publish information on the number of open and closed early years providers as well as the number of children attending. This information contributes to our regular publication, ‘Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak', which is available here:<br> <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>Term-time attendance at early years settings has been increasing since September. On a typical day in the autumn term, we estimate attendance to be around 887,000 children, due to different and part-time patterns of childcare during the week. We estimate that 753,000 children attended early years settings on 8 October, which is approximately 85% of the usual daily level, and an increase of almost 340,000 from at the end of the summer term.</p><p>We are working hard to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on all parts of our society, including individuals and business. Data from a poll of 1000 parents of 0-4 year old children in May 2020 showed that weekly childcare costs at the time were most commonly the same as or less than before COVID-19 for children in key worker families or where the child is vulnerable. We continue to monitor the situation and have urged all childcare providers to be reasonable and balanced in their dealings with parents, given the great uncertainty they have faced too. More details on the poll is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/parents-0-4-year-olds-and-childcare-1st-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/parents-0-4-year-olds-and-childcare-1st-june-2020</a>.</p><p>We are aware that some parents may have experienced a change in working hours or income as direct result of the COVID-19 outbreak. This is why we made temporary changes to ensure parents who would normally have been eligible for, and accessing, the Tax Free Childcare and 30 hours free entitlement remain eligible and can continue to access their childcare.</p><p>This includes parents and carers who will not meet the minimum income threshold (16 hours per week at National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage) due to lower earnings as a direct result of COVID-19, who will be treated as meeting that test during the COVID-19 outbreak. This will continue to apply to parents and carers who need to apply for, or reconfirm, their 30 hours and Tax-Free Childcare place until 31 October.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 16/10/2020 11:06:28 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1548439

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Video Games: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what grants for research and development are available to video game developers in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>This Government is investing over £100 million to support research and development across the creative industries, which video games developers are able to apply for. This funding supports groundbreaking programmes including Innovate UK’s £30 million for the Creative Catalyst Programme and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s £75.6 million CoSTAR programme. Video games developers are able to apply for funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via Innovate UK competitions, and through the upcoming digital twinning research investments from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).</p><p>The Government’s Export Strategy sets out financial support for exporters, including video games developers. The Internationalisation Fund provides co-investment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with high international growth potential. The Government also provides support at two leading global video games trade shows, Gamescom in Cologne and Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which enables UK games exporters to engage with potential investors. Financial support is also available to eligible businesses wishing to attend or exhibit at trade shows through the UK Tradeshow Programme pilot.</p><p>This Government is working with industry to deliver a new generation of highly skilled workers, and will articulate these plans as part of the upcoming Creative Industries Sector Vision. For video games, the £8 million expansion of the UK Games Fund is providing valuable support to early stage games development businesses and talented graduates throughout the UK. This includes its Tranzfuser programme which mentors teams of talented and entrepreneurial graduates in regional hubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 102916 102917 question first answered 12/12/2022 11:25:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1548440

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Video Games: Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what grants are available for video games developers seeking to export overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>This Government is investing over £100 million to support research and development across the creative industries, which video games developers are able to apply for. This funding supports groundbreaking programmes including Innovate UK’s £30 million for the Creative Catalyst Programme and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s £75.6 million CoSTAR programme. Video games developers are able to apply for funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via Innovate UK competitions, and through the upcoming digital twinning research investments from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).</p><p>The Government’s Export Strategy sets out financial support for exporters, including video games developers. The Internationalisation Fund provides co-investment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with high international growth potential. The Government also provides support at two leading global video games trade shows, Gamescom in Cologne and Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which enables UK games exporters to engage with potential investors. Financial support is also available to eligible businesses wishing to attend or exhibit at trade shows through the UK Tradeshow Programme pilot.</p><p>This Government is working with industry to deliver a new generation of highly skilled workers, and will articulate these plans as part of the upcoming Creative Industries Sector Vision. For video games, the £8 million expansion of the UK Games Fund is providing valuable support to early stage games development businesses and talented graduates throughout the UK. This includes its Tranzfuser programme which mentors teams of talented and entrepreneurial graduates in regional hubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 102915 102917 question first answered 12/12/2022 11:25:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1548441

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Video Games: Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what Government schemes are available to video game development studios wishing to (a) recruit, (b) employ and (c) train university graduates.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>This Government is investing over £100 million to support research and development across the creative industries, which video games developers are able to apply for. This funding supports groundbreaking programmes including Innovate UK’s £30 million for the Creative Catalyst Programme and the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s £75.6 million CoSTAR programme. Video games developers are able to apply for funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via Innovate UK competitions, and through the upcoming digital twinning research investments from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).</p><p>The Government’s Export Strategy sets out financial support for exporters, including video games developers. The Internationalisation Fund provides co-investment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with high international growth potential. The Government also provides support at two leading global video games trade shows, Gamescom in Cologne and Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which enables UK games exporters to engage with potential investors. Financial support is also available to eligible businesses wishing to attend or exhibit at trade shows through the UK Tradeshow Programme pilot.</p><p>This Government is working with industry to deliver a new generation of highly skilled workers, and will articulate these plans as part of the upcoming Creative Industries Sector Vision. For video games, the £8 million expansion of the UK Games Fund is providing valuable support to early stage games development businesses and talented graduates throughout the UK. This includes its Tranzfuser programme which mentors teams of talented and entrepreneurial graduates in regional hubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 102915 102916 question first answered 12/12/2022 11:25:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1548493

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Housing: Warwick and Leamington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in the Warwick & Leamington constituency had heat pumps installed as of 31 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Microgeneration Certification Scheme Installations Database shows that as of 31 October 2022, 148 heat pump installations were registered in the Warwick &amp; Leamington constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The database does not include all heat pump installations, for example, those installed without Government funding support, such as in new buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 09:33:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 40791 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1548496

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Housing: Warwick and Leamington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in the Warwick & Leamington constituency had solar power panels installed as of 31 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	102943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>At the end of October 2022, there were 1761 domestic installations of solar panels recorded in Warwick and Leamington constituency.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 09:33:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 40792 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western