0 2019-04-24T11:53:59.96Z North West Hampshire Kit Malthouse false 2019-04-24 Biography information for Kit Malthouse <p>As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 March 2018, HCWS1408, we will make permanent the time-limited right to build larger single storey rear extensions to dwellinghouses, and will introduce a proportionate fee.</p> Housing, Communities and Local Government Housing: Permitted Development Rights House of Commons 2019-04-11 To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to maintain the relaxation of permitted development rights for private dwelling extensions beyond 30 May 2019; and if he will make a statement. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Clacton Housing, Communities and Local Government 244191 Giles Watling 1 Biography information for Giles Watling false 7 235813 Giles Watling 1 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government false 2019-03-28T13:02:35.537Z South Derbyshire Mrs Heather Wheeler false 2019-03-28 Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler <p>The Government currently does not have any plans to introduce other forms of tenure.</p> Housing, Communities and Local Government Supported Housing: Older People To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to introduce additional forms of tenure for older people in specialist housing-with-care settings. 7 Clacton 2019-03-22 Housing, Communities and Local Government To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities have a statutory obligation to put in place detailed planning guidance on the provision of specialist housing for older people. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2019-03-20 Housing, Communities and Local Government North West Hampshire 234646 234644 2019-03-28 2019-03-28T13:40:13.41Z 234645 Kit Malthouse <p>In the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, we strengthened policy to create a clear expectation that all local authorities have policies in place for addressing the housing needs of older people. The number of authorities with detailed planning guidance on the provision of specialist housing for older people is not recorded.</p><p>We will publish further planning guidance, to assist councils to put these policies in place, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement in relation to the guidance, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives to identify and discuss the key issues. We will publish the guidance in due course.</p> false false Giles Watling 7 1 Clacton Supported Housing: Older People 234831 Housing, Communities and Local Government 234832 Giles Watling false Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2019-03-26T15:03:10.18Z South Derbyshire Mrs Heather Wheeler false 2019-03-26 <p>MHCLG has not carried out such an assessment. Housing-with-care is able to react flexibly to fluctuating, or increasing, care and support needs. There is evidence to suggest that living in a housing-with-care setting can reduce the overall amount of care older people might need, whilst also having the potential to reduce loneliness levels.</p><p>In the UK only 0.7 per cent of over-65s live in a housing-with-care setting. This figure stands at more than 5 per cent in countries such as the United States, New Zealand or Australia.</p> 2019-03-20 To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of UK provision of housing-with-care for older people compared with that of other countries; and if he will make a statement. 7 1 Housing, Communities and Local Government Clacton Supported Housing: Older People Housing, Communities and Local Government Treasury Treasury Treasury 2019-03-11 230892 false Clacton 2019-03-19T16:54:33.76Z Central Devon Mel Stride false 2019-03-19 Biography information for Mel Stride <p>The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme was introduced in 2012 to support investment in very early-stage companies, which often struggle to access growth capital.</p><p> </p><p>As a non-sectoral scheme, no assessment has been made of the application of the SEIS to specific industries or sectors. Since its introduction, the scheme has helped over 8,000 companies from a range of industries to raise around £800 million in investment.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the importance of the film industry to the UK economy, which is why it offers specific support for the production of culturally British films. Last year alone the film tax relief provided support worth £469 million, in addition to nearly £70 million in direct funding.</p> 1 Giles Watling To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme in helping domestic film production companies raise funding. 14 Film: Finance Treasury 1 2019-03-07 229732 2019-03-13T14:08:19.643Z South West Norfolk Elizabeth Truss false 2019-03-13 Biography information for Elizabeth Truss <p>Autumn Budget 2018 provided a further £410 million in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care. Where necessary, local councils should use this funding to ensure that adult social care pressures do not create additional demand on the NHS. Local councils can also use it to improve their social care offer for older people, people with disabilities and children.</p> false Treasury 14 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.16 of Budget 2018, what proportion of the £410 million for adult and children's social care will be allocated to children’s social care. Clacton Treasury Giles Watling Social Services: Children To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking in advance of the Spending Review to ensure that children’s services departments are adequately funded. Department for Education Clacton Education 2019-03-15T08:34:40.27Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-03-15 Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi <p>The government will consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the Spending Review which my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced will take place this year. We are working closely with local authorities and the wider sector to build a robust evidence base on the levels of children’s services costs and pressures.</p> 1 60 229733 false Giles Watling Education 2019-03-07 Children: Social Services 2019-03-12T17:09:59.237Z Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Nick Gibb false 2019-03-12 Biography information for Nick Gibb <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Schools are not required to report centrally on racist incidents or to publish figures. Schools have the freedom to develop their own approaches for monitoring behaviour, including racist incidents, and to exercise their own judgement as to what will work best for their pupils and the communities they serve. They are required to publish a behaviour policy that outlines measures to encourage good behaviour and to prevent all forms of bullying amongst pupils, including racist bullying, and are held to account by Ofsted. Where schools feel that an incident might constitute a crime, guidance makes it clear that they should report it to the police.</p><p> </p> Giles Watling 2019-03-04 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of racism were reported in schools in (a) England, (b) Essex, (c) Tendring and (d) Clacton constituency in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018. Clacton Education Education 228160 Schools: Racial Discrimination 60 false Department for Education 60 Education false 228161 1 Department for Education To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage anti-racism initiatives in schools. 2019-03-04 Clacton 2019-03-12T16:59:19.41Z Guildford Anne Milton false 2019-03-12 Biography information for Anne Milton <p>All schools are required to actively promote our shared values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. Schools are also required to promote equality and respect for others, with particular regard to the protected characteristics. Promotion of these values is part of Ofsted’s inspection framework and the department has published guidance to schools on promoting these important values as part of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.</p><p>In 2016, the department also launched the Educate Against Hate website which provides resources for teachers and school leaders to support their promotion of these values. This includes the department’s Respectful Schools Communities toolkit; a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline.</p><p>Additionally, subject to the passage of regulations through parliament, schools will be required to teach relationships education to all primary pupils and relationships and sex education to all secondary pupils from September 2020. The focus is on building positive, respectful relationships, including online, and understanding the impact of harmful stereotypes and bullying.</p><p>The department also supports a number of specific initiatives in schools to combat bullying. The department is providing over £2.8 million of funding, between September 2016 and March 2020, to 4 anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups, such as those who are victims of hate-related bullying, along with a project to report bullying online. These projects contribute towards the government’s Hate Crime Action plan.</p><p>Finally, as part of our commitments in the government’s Integrated Communities Action Plan, the department has funded an expanded national school linking programme. This seeks to encourage meaningful social mixing between different types of schools and foster understanding of those with different backgrounds, faiths and beliefs. Last year, the Linking Network worked with over 400 schools leading to 17,635 pupils taking part in activities supporting integration.</p> Giles Watling Education Schools: Racial Discrimination 223175 2019-02-19 2019-02-27T10:12:14.717Z Central Devon Mel Stride false 2019-02-27 <p>The UK film industry is a great success story, contributing an estimated £4 billion a year to the economy and supporting nearly 70,000 jobs. Last year the government provided £469 million worth of support through the film tax relief and almost £70 million in grant in aid and national lottery funding through the British Film Institute.</p><p> </p><p>The film tax relief supports the production of culturally British films. 2,420 films have benefitted from the film tax relief since it was introduced in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>The British Film Institute supports UK film production companies through the BFI Film Fund, investing in the production of films from adventurous storytellers, the BFI Locked Box initiative, enabling production companies to benefit from the success of their films, and the BFI Vision Awards, supporting new film producers to build their companies.</p> Treasury Film: Finance Treasury Treasury To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to support domestic film production companies to raise funding. false 14 1 Clacton Giles Watling 1 358 10