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1386562

registered interest
date	09/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Neonicotinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Environment Act 2021 on use of neonicotinoid Cruiser SB.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	90479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>When revising or making new policy on pesticides, the Secretary of State will take into account the relevant duties in the Environment Act.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/12/2021 15:28:30 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1386206

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Tuition Partners pillar of the National Tutoring Programme, what the regional breakdown is of the pupils enrolled as of 8 December 2021; and whether that breakdown fits with his Department’s stated priorities.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.</p><p>The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 89552 89553 89554 89555 89556 89557 question first answered 16/12/2021 14:11:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1386207

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Tuition Partners pillar of the National Tutoring Programme, what proportion of pupils enrolled on that programme receive the pupil premium.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.</p><p>The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 89551 89553 89554 89555 89556 89557 question first answered 16/12/2021 14:11:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1386208

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the School-led tutoring grant scheme, how many pupils have (a) been enrolled for 2021-22 and (b) had at least one tutoring session as of 8 December 2021 under that scheme; how many schools have booked in tutoring under that scheme; and whether those figures are above, below or on target for this point in the 2021-22 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.</p><p>The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 89551 89552 89554 89555 89556 89557 question first answered 16/12/2021 14:11:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1386209

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme: Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the School-led tutoring grant scheme, what proportion of enrolled pupils under that scheme receive the pupil premium.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.</p><p>The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 89551 89552 89553 89555 89556 89557 question first answered 16/12/2021 14:11:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1386210

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the School-led tutoring grant scheme, what the regional breakdown is of the pupils enrolled under that scheme as of 8 December 2021; and whether that breakdown fits with his Department’s stated priorities for that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.</p><p>The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 89551 89552 89553 89554 89556 89557 question first answered 16/12/2021 14:11:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1386211

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have been supported through the academic mentoring pillar of the National Tutoring Programme in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.</p><p>The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 89551 89552 89553 89554 89555 89557 question first answered 16/12/2021 14:11:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1386212

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme: Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils supported in 2021 through academic mentoring receive the pupil premium.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme (NTP) participation data has not yet been published.</p><p>The department continues to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme (school-led tutoring, tuition partners and academic mentors) and will be publishing this shortly.</p><p>The NTP aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million hours of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>Schools choose which pupils receive tutoring according to their individual needs. However, the £579 million for school-led tutoring has been allocated using the number of pupils in each school attracting the pupil premium. In addition, the department is working to ensure at least 65% of tuition partner tutoring goes to disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>An independent evaluation of the programme for the current academic year is being undertaken by the National Foundation for Educational Research.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 89551 89552 89553 89554 89555 89556 question first answered 16/12/2021 14:11:20 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1386217

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Wood-burning Stoves
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to reduce the scope for flexibility in appliance emissions testing procedures for particulate matter from wood burning stoves.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	89493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>In Smoke Control Areas an appliance needs to be exempt to burn unauthorised fuels, based on a standardised protocol.</p><p> </p><p>From January 2022, only Ecodesign-compliant stoves will be able to enter the market for sale across the country. The UK is working with industry to consider the effectiveness of testing procedures under Ecodesign.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/12/2021 17:03:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1386218

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the (a) reduction of the universal credit taper rate and (b) increase in the work allowance on the number of children in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	89558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the effect of the reduction of the Universal Credit taper rate or the increase in work allowance on the number of children in poverty. Projecting the impacts of policies on poverty involves projecting forward the impact of the pandemic on every household’s income, which is not possible to do with confidence, not least because the latest comprehensive data on net incomes for households is from 2019-20, before the pandemic began. However, we do know that these changes will leave almost two million workers around £1000 better off per year on average.</p><p> </p><p>Official child poverty statistics covering the period 2020/21, will be published in March 2022, as part of the Department’s (a) Children in Low Income Families and (b) Households Below Average Income publications, subject to the usual checks on data quality.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has always believed that the most sustainable way to lift children out of poverty is by helping their parents to move into and to progress in work wherever possible. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment - particularly where it is full-time – in substantially reducing the risks of child poverty and in improving long-term outcomes for families and children. In 2019/20, children in households where all adults were in work were around six times less likely to be in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than children in a household where nobody works. Compared with 2010, there were almost 1 million fewer workless households and almost 580,000 fewer children living in workless households in the UK in September 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, our multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs, which has recently been expanded by £500 million, will help people across the UK to find work and to boost their wages and prospects.</p><p> </p><p>However, we recognise that some people may require extra support over the winter as we continue our recovery from the impacts of the COVID pandemic, which is why vulnerable households will be able to access a new £500 million support fund to help them with essentials. This includes £421 million for the Household Support Fund, which will help vulnerable people in England with the cost of food, utilities and wider essentials.</p><p> </p><p>We have also increased the value of Healthy Start Food Vouchers from £3.10 to £4.25, helping eligible low income households buy healthy foods such as milk, fruit and vitamins, and are investing over £200m a year from 2022 to extend our successful Holiday Activities and Food programme, which provides enriching activities and healthy meals to children in all Local Authorities in England.</p><p> </p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/12/2021 17:04:38 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon