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882213

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date	13/04/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to provide funding for the building of new care homes for elderly people.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Care Act 2014 placed a duty on local authorities in England to promote a diverse, sustainable, high quality market of care and support providers for people in their local area to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>We have given local authorities in England access to up to £9.4 billion over the next three years to maintain access for our growing aging population and allow councils to sustain a diverse care market including care home places.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper by summer 2018 setting out its proposals to improve the social care system, to put it on a more secure financial footing.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/04/2018 12:18:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882214

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on encouraging people in the health sector to enter general practice.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 we recruited 3,157 doctors into speciality general practitioner (GP) training places; this was the highest number of GP trainees ever. Health Education England is making 3,250 places available per year.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of schemes in place to encourage doctors to enter GP speciality training. This includes the “One career endless opportunities. Choose GP” advertising campaign; the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme which offers a £20,000 bursary to GP trainees committed to spend their three year training programme in “hard to recruit” areas; the Global Health Fellowship which offers overseas placements for GP trainees and the National Institute for Health Research Academic Clinical Fellowship Programme which incorporates academic training into GP speciality training.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/04/2018 11:29:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882215

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure soldiers back from deployment are given support to re-integrate into civilian life.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence ensures that when Armed Forces personnel leave active service they are well supported to translate their acquired skills, experience and qualifications into the second career they aspire to in civilian life. The skills Service leavers possess are in demand from UK employers who recognise the benefits of bringing this talent into their organisation.</p><p>To support this transition the Ministry of Defence has a robust and effective resettlement system in place which utilises the highly successful Career Transition Partnership (CTP). Of the Service personnel who left the UK Armed Forces in 2016/17 and used a billable CTP service, 82% were employed up to six months after leaving Service. The employment rate for Service leavers was higher than the 2016 employment rate for the UK population, at 75%.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/04/2018 11:30:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882216

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will take steps ensure the full implementation of the Military Covenant in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Covenant has always applied throughout the UK and its specific implementation will rightly vary according to local and regional factors in the Devolved Administrations. In Northern Ireland, we continue to engage with statutory providers and the charitable sector to ensure the Armed Forces community is not disadvantaged as a result of service.</p><p>Recent and ongoing examples of work to implement the Armed Forces Covenant in Northern Ireland include: the establishment of the Veterans Support Office; the allocation of £300,000 to improve the capacity and capability of Local Authorities and other service providers to apply for Covenant Funding and; supporting the University of Ulster's programme to help better understand the numbers of veterans in Northern Ireland, where they live, the key issues they face and how best to communicate with them.</p><p>These initiatives build on the framework already in place through the bespoke Ulster Defence Regiment and Royal Irish Aftercare Service. Northern Irish members of the Armed Forces Community also benefit from UK-wide initiatives, such as the Veterans' Gateway.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/04/2018 11:31:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882217

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to increase the maintenance loan for students to help prevent them going in to overdrafts.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The government has announced an increase of 3.2% to the maximum loans for living costs for full-time students starting their courses in the 2018/19 academic year – the highest levels on record.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, new students attending honours degree courses (and other level six courses) from academic year 2018/19 on a part-time basis will, for the first time, qualify for loans for living costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Review of Post-18 Education and Funding will consider how we can provide a joined up system that is accessible to all students. It will consider how learners receive maintenance support, both from government and from universities and colleges. The review will receive input from an expert independent panel who will publish their report at an interim stage, before the government concludes the overall review in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/04/2018 14:05:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882218

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of legal aid in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on legal aid is reported in the MoJ Annual Report &amp; Accounts. The latest MoJ Annual Report &amp; Accounts, which reports on the financial year 2016-17, is published at the following link. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a>. The MoJ Annual Report &amp; Accounts for 2017-18 will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 15:49:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882219

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have (a) signed up to the help to buy scheme and (b) received their bonus under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>More than 1.1m Help to Buy: ISA accounts have been opened since the start of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 April the latest Help to Buy: ISA quarterly statistics will be published and unfortunately we cannot pre-empt that release. However the most recent set, published on 11 January 2018 and covering the period to September 2017, showed that since the start of the Help to Buy: ISA scheme, 143,894 bonuses had been paid out.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-statistics-on-the-help-to-buy-isa-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/official-statistics-on-the-help-to-buy-isa-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/04/2018 09:14:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882220

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have bought social housing properties since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of social housing sales since 2012 is available in live table 678 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a></p><p>These are figures for sales of social housing in England only, figures on the sales of social housing in Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administration.</p><p>Our record on the provision of affordable housing is a strong one with over 357,000 affordable homes delivered since 2010. This included 257,000 homes for rent. Whilst 69,000 local authority homes have been sold since 2010, there have been 127,000 new homes provided for social rent during the same period.</p><p /> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/04/2018 14:08:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882221

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of housing benefit in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the number of claimants receiving Housing Benefit (HB) in Great Britain are publically available through the DWP Stat-Xplore website:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml</a></p><p><strong> </strong>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Communities. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/benefits-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/04/2018 10:31:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson