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1129385

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department stops sending correspondence after a claimant has died.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	259386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>DWP has recently introduced improvements to the way in which it actions Tell Us Once notifications following registration of a death with a Registrar. Improved automation supports timely action across DWP service areas with clearance routinely completing within 24 hours of receipt. This investment and ongoing focus on preventing multiple letters after the notification of death is proving successful, although it is accepted that there may be cases where external factors compromise this achievement.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/06/2019 16:33:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1536369

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	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	NHS: Vacancies
	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 he has made of the impact of the 132,000 full-time equivalent staff vacancies on staff morale and burnout in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	72410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>We aim to deliver an additional 50,000 nurses by the end of March 2024, with over 29,000 more nurses currently working in the National Health Service compared with September 2019. We have also funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England and delivered five new medical schools. The Department has commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The plan will consider the number of staff and the roles required and will set out the actions and reforms needed to improve workforce supply and retention.</p><p>The national health and wellbeing offer continues to be available to all NHS staff, which includes a confidential text support service, free access to a range of wellbeing apps and support for line managers in having safe and effective wellbeing conversations. In 2022/23, we have invested more than £45 million to support the continuation the health and wellbeing support offer. This includes 40 mental health hubs providing outreach and assessment services for frontline staff, Professional Nurse Advocates and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service. The NHS Retention Programme aims to understand why staff are leaving, resulting in targeted interventions to support staff to stay whilst keeping them well.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 17:13:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1536366

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	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	Medicine: Higher Education
	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 his Department has made of the potential impact of the current number of places to study medicine in universities on the ability of the NHS to keep pace with patient demand in the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	72408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England and delivered five new medical schools. In 2020/21 and 2021/22, the Government temporarily lifted this cap for students who completed A-levels in 2020 and 2021 and who had an offer from a university in England to study medicine subject to their grades.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2022 the Department commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan, following the NHS People Plan. The plan is due for completion by the end of 2022 and its key conclusions will be available in due course. It will inform how we meet the future needs of patients and the National Health Service workforce. Funding plans beyond the current Spending Review period will be subject to the outcome of future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/11/2022 12:42:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1536368

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	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	NHS: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will maintain the commitment to publish the NHS workforce strategy by the end of 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	72409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>In January 2022 the Department of Health and Social Care commissioned NHS England to develop a long-term workforce plan. The long-term workforce plan will build on the foundations of the NHS People Plan. The plan is still being created by NHS England and they are due to complete this work by the end of 2022. The key conclusions will be shared in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/11/2022 13:21:01 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1365325

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on acting on the findings of the Social Mobility Commission report dated August 2020 that (a) one in eight of the early years workforce is paid under £5 an hour and (b) the average wage is £7.42 an hour.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	68396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises that high-quality childcare, with a well-qualified workforce, has a powerful impact on children’s outcomes. As part of the Spending Review on 27 October we announced that we are investing additional funding for the early years entitlements worth £160 million in 2022-23, £180 million in 2023-24 and £170 million in 2024-25, compared to the current financial year. This funding is for local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers for the government’s free childcare entitlement offers and reflects the costs of inflation and national living wage increases.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/11/2021 16:50:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1456602

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2022
	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 recent assessment he has made of the (a) affordability of childcare and (b) impact of that matter on (i) household debt and (ii) rent arrears of families with children in Birmingham.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	151223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The early years of a child’s life are the most crucial, which is why the department has invested more than £3.5 billion in each of the last three years to deliver free childcare offers, including the 30 hours per week for working parents, which is supporting thousands of families. We have introduced tax-free childcare and, through Universal Credit, parents can claim back up to 85% of their childcare costs, which is significantly more generous than the previous benefits system. The department is also investing millions in family hubs, where families can access important support services.</p><p>The most recent data, published by Ipsos Mori, on parental views of affordability of childcare is from between 9-13 July 2021, and is available to view here: <a href="https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/childcare-use-perceived-impact-child-development-and-information-working-home-families-0-4-year" target="_blank">https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/childcare-use-perceived-impact-child-development-and-information-working-home-families-0-4-year</a>. The data concludes that, among those who used formal childcare before COVID-19 and who are currently using (paid) formal childcare, for just over half (51%) the affordability of their weekly childcare costs is unchanged compared to before COVID-19. For 30%, their weekly childcare costs are easier to meet, and for 19% their weekly childcare costs are more difficult to meet. Among those who used formal childcare before COVID-19 and who are currently using formal childcare, for 46% their weekly childcare costs are unchanged compared to before COVID-19. For 29%, the costs have risen, and for 12% they have fallen.</p><p>In the Spending Review, the department announced that we are investing additional funding for the early years entitlements worth £160 million in the 2022/23 financial year, £180 million in 2023/24 and £170 million in 2024/25, compared to the 2021/22 financial year. Furthermore, we are investing £180 million of recovery support in the early years sector. We will build a stronger, more expert workforce, enabling early years providers to deliver high quality teaching and help address the impact of the pandemic on the youngest children, particularly those in the most disadvantaged areas.</p><p>The department will continue to look for ways to improve the cost, choice and availability of childcare. Alongside this, we have recently announced the biggest increase in the National Living Wage since its introduction from April 2022 to support working families more widely.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the interaction between cost of childcare and rental arrears in the Birmingham area, or on the interaction with household debt.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/04/2022 15:38:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490235

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vacancies in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for roles with SEND responsibilities in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	38788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in state-funded schools in England, including the number of teacher vacancies and temporarily filled posts, is published in the annual ‘school workforce in England’ national statistics site, 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>. The latest information is as of November 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the role of staff vacancies, such as special educational needs and disabilities responsibilities, is not collected by the department.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/07/2022 16:48:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1490236

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teacher training placements that have been filled for the 2022-23 intake in (a) chemistry, (b) computing, (c) mathematics and (d) physics in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	38789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>As of 19 June 2022, the number of candidates who have been recruited or have accepted offers (pending conditions) to start a postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) course (excluding High Potential ITT) in the 2022/23 academic year with an ITT provider in the West Midlands is: 53 for chemistry, 47 for computing, 176 for mathematics and 37 for physics.[1]</p><p> </p><p>ITT recruitment data is available by subject and region. The department does not hold analysis of the number of acceptances at a local authority district level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The data provided counts all acceptances by the area of the provider the student applied to. Provider areas are derived from their contact address. These areas may be different to where students do their training. The data provided is based on the region of the training provider, not the accrediting provider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/07/2022 16:43:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill