We are committed to keeping children safe online and are delivering a number of initiatives that support that objective. For example, we are investing up to £145m over three years in our County Lines Programme to crack down on the county lines gangs exploiting our children and young people. Through this Programme we are developing a better understanding of how to disrupt online activity that is aimed at recruiting and exploiting children and young people.<\/p>
The Online Safety Act 2023 is a key piece of legislation to keep children safe. There are a number of priority offences in the Act which relate to child criminal exploitation such as drug related offences, sexual exploitation and weapons and firearms supply offences. Technology companies must take proactive measures and use systems and processes to remove and limit people\u2019s exposure to related content.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4462", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Tugendhat"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Tonbridge and Malling"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tom Tugendhat"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-27T15:30:00.54Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Internet: Children and Young People"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help prevent young people being groomed via the internet to commit crime.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4674", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Vicky Ford"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chelmsford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Vicky Ford"} ], "uin" : "14700"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687427", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687427/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Department does not hold the information required to fully respond to this question. We do hold some data on parking facilities available to households and dwellings, published annually in Live Tables DA2201, DA2202, and DA2203 available online, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/amenities-services-and-local-environments<\/a>.The Department does not collect data on households\u2019 car ownership.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue is accrued from VAT on public charge points.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684921", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684921/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department monitors changes to the market closely to understand patient access to pharmaceutical services within the National Health Service. The law requires that every three years, local authority Health and Wellbeing Boards undertake pharmaceutical needs assessments to identify if there is a need for improvement or better access to services in the local areas. Contractors can apply to open a pharmacy where there is a gap or a need for improved access to services or if they can make a case for providing other benefits to the local communities.<\/p> <\/p> When their usual local pharmacy closes, patients can choose to access any of the remaining pharmacies nearby. Patients can also choose to access NHS pharmaceutical services remotely through any of the approximately 400 internet pharmacies in England, which are contractually required to deliver medicines to patients\u2019 home address free of charge.<\/p> There were 10,673 pharmacies on 31 December 2023 providing NHS services in England. Access remains good with 80% of the population living within 20 minutes walking distance of a pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the most deprived areas of the country.<\/p>"}
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}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that there is adequate pharmacy provision.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679782", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679782/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Departmental records show that between 2010 and 2017 five schools in Chelmsford constituency received or benefited from specific school improvement grants, and between 2017 and the end of December 2023 ten schools received or benefited from specific school improvement grants.<\/p> The following grants have been included in this analysis:<\/p> The department has also included grants allocated for sponsored academy conversions (2010 to date), as well as grants for transferring academies between trusts (2012 to date) because these grants may include elements for school improvement activities.<\/p> The department has limited this analysis to these grants as they can be quantified for some of the time periods requested. The department's policy of retaining financial records for seven years limits access to data before the 2016/17 financial year. Other department grants may contribute less directly to wider school improvement. In addition, many of these and other grants are allocated via academy trusts or other organisations, and so schools may benefit indirectly without being the designated recipient from department. Finally, not all grant programs have been operational throughout the entire period between 2010 and 2023.<\/p> For a summary of the grants awarded, and for relevant school-level data, please refer to the tables below:<\/p> Table 1: Summary of school improvement grants paid for supporting schools in Chelmsford constituency.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Number of institutions in receipt of a school improvement grant and their total value<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grant programme<\/p><\/td> (a) 2010 to 2017<\/p><\/td> (b) 2017to2023 (to end December 2023)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Regional Academy Growth Fund**<\/p><\/td> RAGF 2016-2017 2 trusts each with 1 school in Chelmsford*<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Multi-academy Trust Development and Improvement Fund**<\/p><\/td> N/A*<\/p><\/td> 2 trusts, one with 2 schools and 1 with 1 school in Chelmsford*<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Trust Capacity Fund **<\/p><\/td> N/A*<\/p><\/td> 1 trust with 2 schools in Chelmsford*<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Strategic School Improvement Capital Budget<\/p><\/td> N/A* 2010-2017 None<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Environmental Improvement Grant<\/p><\/td> None for 2016-17. None<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Emergency Strategic Improvement Fund<\/p><\/td> N/A as fund started in 2017-18<\/p><\/td> None<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sponsored conversions to academy status<\/p><\/td> 3 academies, totalling £210,000<\/p><\/td> None<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Transfer of an academy<\/p><\/td> None<\/p><\/td> None<\/p><\/td><\/tr> School Improvement Offer<\/p><\/td> N/A*<\/p><\/td> 1 school, totalling £1,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Trust and School Improvement offer<\/p><\/td> N/A*<\/p><\/td> 4 schools, totalling £16,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> * Grant programme not operating during this period.<\/p> ** The RAGF, MDIF, and TCAF funds support growth in the capacity of academy trusts to oversee academies. Funding is allocated to trusts, and available data only reflects the total amounts received at the trust level. We are unable to attribute specific portions of the funding awarded under the RAGF, MDIF or TCaF programmes to individual school improvement efforts within any given trust or locality.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Table 2: Value of school improvement grants awarded where it is possible to identify a value attributable to the Chelmsford constituency.<\/p> <\/p> Name of school or trust<\/p><\/td> Grant name<\/p><\/td> Year funding allocated or first payment made<\/p><\/td> Amount paid or allocated<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Melbourne Park Primary and Nursery School<\/p><\/td> Pre-opening sponsored grant<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td> £70,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Meadgate Primary School<\/p><\/td> Pre-opening sponsored grant<\/p><\/td> 2013<\/p><\/td> £70,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Larkrise Primary School<\/p><\/td> Pre-opening sponsored grant<\/p><\/td> 2016<\/p><\/td> £70,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newlands Spring Primary School<\/p><\/td> School Improvement Offer Tier 1<\/p><\/td> 2019<\/p><\/td> £1,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Essex Academy Trust<\/p><\/td> Trust and School Improvement Offer<\/p><\/td> 2022<\/p><\/td> £3,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bridge Academy Trust<\/p><\/td> Trust and School Improvement Offer<\/p><\/td> 2022<\/p><\/td> £1,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Chelmsford Learning Partnership<\/p><\/td> Trust and School Improvement Offer<\/p><\/td> 2023<\/p><\/td> £6,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Attain Academy Partnership<\/p><\/td> Trust and School Improvement Offer<\/p><\/td> 2023<\/p><\/td> £6,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Chelmsford constituency received school improvement grants in (a) 2010-2017 and (b) 2017-2023; how many grants were received in each period; and what the total amount for each school was in each period.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679783", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679783/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department publishes statistics on schools funding at the national level, including revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5 to 16, in cash and real terms. Statistics for the 2010/11 to 2023/24 financial years are available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-funding-statistics<\/a>.<\/p> In 2016/17 national per pupil funding in cash terms was £5,590 and in 2023/24 this had risen to £7,460 in cash terms. This represents a cumulative growth in per pupil funding since 2016/17 of 9.9% in real terms, as measured by the GDP deflator.<\/p>
None \u2013 2016-17<\/p><\/td>
Records not available prior to 2016-17.<\/p><\/td>