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1660732

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date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Dedicated Schools Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the allocation of gross dedicated schools grant funding for (a) each local authority and (b) York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	199598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) is intended to meet the educational costs of early years pupils, pupils in primary and secondary education, as well as the educational costs of special educational provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs in post-16 provision, including those aged 19 to 25 who have an Education, Health and Care plan. The DSG is made up of four blocks; the schools block, the high needs block, the early years block and the Central Schools Services Block (CSSB).</p><p>Funding for the schools, high needs block and the CSSB all comes from the core school budget. The overall core school budget will total over £59.6 billion in 2024/25, the highest ever level in real terms per pupil, as measured by the Institute of Fiscal Studies. This means that, including the additional funding for teachers’ pay, funding for both mainstream schools and high needs is over £1.8 billion higher in 2024/25, compared to 2023/24.</p><p>The early years block consists of funding for the 15 and 30 hours per week early years entitlements for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds, as well as supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools, the early years pupil premium, and the disability access fund. The Department is providing £204 million of additional funding in 2023/24 and £288 million in 2024/25 for the existing entitlements. This funding is on top of the £4.1 billion that we expect to provide by 2027/28 to facilitate the expansion of the new entitlements announced in the Spring Budget. In 2023/24, we expect to spend a total of £3.9 billion through the DSG, with an additional £204 million through the early years supplementary grant, nationally, on the early years entitlements and other early years funding streams.</p><p>Each of the blocks of the DSG is distributed according to objective national funding formulae. In 2023/24, York’s December DSG allocation included £119.6 million in schools block funding, £27.7 million in high needs block funding, £11.4 million in early years block funding and £2.1 million in CSSB block funding. York’s total DSG allocation in 2023/24 was over £160.7 million.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/09/2023 16:27:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1660733

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of high needs block funding on educational outcomes for children with SEND.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	199599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>We want all children and young people, no matter what their Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), to be able to reach their full potential and receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. High needs funding, for children and young people with complex SEND, is rising to £10.5 billion in financial year 2024/25, an increase of over 60% from the 2019/20 allocations. This extra funding will help local authorities and schools with the increasing costs of supporting them.</p><p>Children and young people with SEND achieve a wide range of educational outcomes, in the context of a wide range of individual needs. This means that identifying the appropriate set of outcomes for each child and young person, and then the impact of funding levels on those outcomes, separately from other factors, is a complex question. The department has commissioned preliminary research on this question, The SEND Futures value for money feasibility study, further information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-futures-value-for-money-feasibility-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-futures-value-for-money-feasibility-study</a>. This study found areas for data improvement to allow for a fuller assessment to be made.</p><p>The department aims to improve the quality and completeness of data on SEND, in particular through the SEND &amp; Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-and-alternative-provision-improvement-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-and-alternative-provision-improvement-plan</a>. This is in addition to recently moving from an aggregated return to personal level SEN2 data collection. We are also continuing to improve data on the experiences and outcomes of children and young people with SEND as they grow up and prepare for adulthood through our SEND Futures Longitudinal Study.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 26/09/2023 15:43:54 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1660734

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that whether a school provides SEND education is taken into account in her Department's assessment of that school's attainment data.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	199600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>When making decisions about the creation, consolidation and growth of academy trusts, the Regions Group team within the Department will always consider the needs of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), both in decisions about mainstream schools and in decisions about special schools or alternative provision (AP) schools.</p><p>Pupils with SEND are included in school performance data because schools are accountable for the outcomes of all of their pupils, in line with the overarching principle of fair inclusion for all pupils, whatever their background or characteristics.</p><p>Information about a school’s cohort is shown in performance tables, alongside its progress and attainment data. This includes information about the proportion of pupils in a school with an Education, Health and Care Plan and those with SEN support, compared to national averages. The school performance tables service also indicates when a mainstream school has a SEN unit or resourced provision.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/09/2023 15:43:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1660735

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the impact (a) price and (b) wage inflation on school budgets for schools (i) in and (ii) outside the f40 network.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	199601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>Each year the Department publishes an assessment of schools’ costs and funding, which looks at mainstream schools in England at the national level. The Department recognises that this assessment will not reflect the position of each individual school, and that different schools will face different financial challenges, including schools in the Local Authorities represented by the f40.</p><p>The purpose of the schools national funding formula (NFF), which allocates the great majority of school funding in England, is not to give every school the same level of per pupil funding. It is right that schools with more pupils with additional needs – such as those indicated by measures of deprivation, low prior attainment, or English as an additional language – receive extra funding to help them meet the needs of all their pupils.</p><p>Schools have autonomy and the responsibility to manage their budgets. The Department does not hold real time data on individual schools’ costs and spending decisions. It would not be right to base schools’ funding on the spending decisions of individual schools; schools’ funding is, rather, based on objective measures of comparative need.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/09/2023 15:43:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1660736

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Public Buildings: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that facilities for people with disabilities in public buildings are kept in adequate condition.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	199544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Building Regulations 2010 apply to building work including new construction, extensions and material alterations. Part M of the Building Regulations sets requirements for access to and use of buildings, extensions and provision of sanitary conveniences. Building Regulations and the statutory guidance supporting them are reviewed and updated from time to time; and building work must be carried out so that it complies with the version of Building Regulations requirements in force.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 21/09/2023 14:01:05 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1660738

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Forests: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to introduce secondary legislation to implement the due diligence provisions for illegal deforestation of the Environment Act 2021.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	199662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has introduced world-leading due diligence legislation through the Environment Act to help tackle illegal deforestation in UK supply chains. <br> <br> We ran a consultation from 3 December 2021 to 11 March 2022 to seek views on the details of regulations that will implement the Environment Act provisions, to ensure that these are designed effectively. The Government published a summary of responses to this consultation on 1 June 2022 and is committed to implementing due diligence provisions at the earliest opportunity through secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/09/2023 13:01:55 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1660741

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Monetary Policy: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of quantitative easing on the rate of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	199664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Monetary policy, including quantitative easing, is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England. The Government fully supports the Bank in their mission to drive down inflation and is working closely with the Bank to ensure that fiscal and monetary policy are well coordinated.</p><p>The Government remains committed to monetary policy independence, and rightly does not comment on the conduct or effectiveness of monetary policy.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 20/09/2023 09:32:26 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1660742

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long-term strategic challenges; and how many officials in their Department (a) undertake horizon scanning work and (b) focus on delivering long-term priorities.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Liaison Committee recently launched an inquiry into select committee scrutiny of strategic thinking across Whitehall. The Government will be providing written evidence to this in due course.</p><p>The FCDO's analytical teams, with partners across government, conduct horizon scanning to inform strategic decision making. These assessments are used in planning and resource decisions to ensure the department can maintain focus on long-term objectives. The FCDO has a range of capability development and learning to equip staff to address long-term strategic challenges.</p><p>Under Rishi Sunak, this Conservative Government will always look to make the right long-term decisions for the country.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 22/09/2023 14:08:39 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660743

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Niger: Military Coups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the level of Russian influence on the coup in Niger.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns in the strongest possible terms attempts to undermine democracy, peace and stability in Niger and Gabon. We have not seen evidence of Wagner involvement in recent developments in Niger. More widely, it is clear that Russian engagement in the Sahel is causing instability and is not in the interests of the people of the region.</p><p>We stand firmly with the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in calling for the restoration of democracy in Niger.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 22/09/2023 14:23:40 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660744

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Premier League: Broadcasting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) the Premier League and (b) TV broadcasters on the proportion of Premier League games that are available to watch by (i) English and (ii) overseas audiences.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>I have not had any recent discussions with the Premier League or TV broadcasters on the proportion of Premier League games that are available to watch by English and overseas audiences. Domestic and international television broadcasting deals are a matter for the Premier League.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/09/2023 06:54:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi