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1693262

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Cancer: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the (a) Department for Health and Social Care and (b) Department for Transport on providing financial support for young cancer patients (0-25) and their families travelling from Northern Ireland to receive treatment in England.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>This matter is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive. Arrangements for financial support for young cancer patients and their families travelling from Northern Ireland to receive treatment in England is a matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health and local Health and Social Care Trusts.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 12/03/2024 14:18:19 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1693263

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Department for Health and Social Care, (b) the Northern Ireland Office, (c) the Scotland Office and (d) the Wales Office on providing financial support for (i) cancer patients aged up to 25 and (ii) their families undertaking cross-border travel within the UK to receive treatment.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department for Transport have not engaged with the Department for Health and Social Care or the Territorial Offices listed on the two matters listed above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 12/03/2024 14:41:39 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1693264

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme: Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on applications to the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme by (a) cancer patients up to 25 and (b) families of a child with cancer (i) in the UK and (ii) from Northern Ireland who travel to receive treatment in England.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for children and young people with cancer. The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p><p>The NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme provides financial assistance to patients who do not have a medical need for transport, but who require assistance with the costs of travelling to receive certain NHS services. The Department has not made a formal assessment of the effectiveness of the scheme in supporting with the cost of travel to cancer treatment, for people with cancer aged up to 25 years old, and their families. Additionally, there are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment of the potential merits of implementing a fund for cancer patients aged up to 25 years old, to cover the cost of travel to attend treatment, without means testing.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on applications to the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme by cancer patients up to 25 years old, or families of a child with cancer, in the United Kingdom and from Northern Ireland, who travel to receive treatment in England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 16743 16746 16748 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:40:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1693297

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme: Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in supporting (a) people with cancer aged up to 25 and (b) their families with the cost of travel to cancer treatment.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for children and young people with cancer. The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p><p>The NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme provides financial assistance to patients who do not have a medical need for transport, but who require assistance with the costs of travelling to receive certain NHS services. The Department has not made a formal assessment of the effectiveness of the scheme in supporting with the cost of travel to cancer treatment, for people with cancer aged up to 25 years old, and their families. Additionally, there are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment of the potential merits of implementing a fund for cancer patients aged up to 25 years old, to cover the cost of travel to attend treatment, without means testing.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on applications to the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme by cancer patients up to 25 years old, or families of a child with cancer, in the United Kingdom and from Northern Ireland, who travel to receive treatment in England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 16728 16746 16748 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:40:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1693300

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Patients: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a fund for cancer patients aged up to 25 to cover the cost of travel to attend treatment (a) from the point of diagnosis, (b) throughout the duration of the cancer treatment and (c) without means testing.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for children and young people with cancer. The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p><p>The NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme provides financial assistance to patients who do not have a medical need for transport, but who require assistance with the costs of travelling to receive certain NHS services. The Department has not made a formal assessment of the effectiveness of the scheme in supporting with the cost of travel to cancer treatment, for people with cancer aged up to 25 years old, and their families. Additionally, there are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment of the potential merits of implementing a fund for cancer patients aged up to 25 years old, to cover the cost of travel to attend treatment, without means testing.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on applications to the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme by cancer patients up to 25 years old, or families of a child with cancer, in the United Kingdom and from Northern Ireland, who travel to receive treatment in England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 16728 16743 16748 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:40:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1693302

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	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	Patients: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretaries of State for (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Transport on financial support for people aged up to 25 with cancer for cross-border travel within the UK to receive treatment.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring healthcare needs of local communities in England are met, including for children and young people with cancer. The National Health Service in England runs schemes to provide financial assistance for travel to a hospital or other NHS premises for specialist NHS treatment or diagnostics tests, when referred by a doctor or other primary healthcare professional.</p><p>The NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme provides financial assistance to patients who do not have a medical need for transport, but who require assistance with the costs of travelling to receive certain NHS services. The Department has not made a formal assessment of the effectiveness of the scheme in supporting with the cost of travel to cancer treatment, for people with cancer aged up to 25 years old, and their families. Additionally, there are currently no plans for the Department to make a formal assessment of the potential merits of implementing a fund for cancer patients aged up to 25 years old, to cover the cost of travel to attend treatment, without means testing.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on applications to the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme by cancer patients up to 25 years old, or families of a child with cancer, in the United Kingdom and from Northern Ireland, who travel to receive treatment in England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 16728 16743 16746 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:40:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1689340

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Multi-academy Trusts: Charities
	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 merits of allowing multi-academy trusts to be registered as charities rather than exempt charities.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>There are no current plans to review the charity status of academy trusts. All academy trusts are exempt charities under paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011. Exempt charities benefit from the same tax advantages as registered charities and have the same obligations to comply with tax and charity law.</p><p>Further information about how academy trusts operate as exempt charities can be found in the department’s advice on ‘exempt charities and the role of the Secretary of State as Principal Regulator’ on GOV.UK, which is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b935aed915d4147621457/Academies_as_exempt_charities_FINAL3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b935aed915d4147621457/Academies_as_exempt_charities_FINAL3.pdf</a>.</p><p>The department requires a high level of accountability and transparency of all academy trusts. Their status as companies, charities and public sector bodies means they are all subject to rigorous accountability systems.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/02/2024 10:41:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1686433

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage innovation when setting up new schools.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	12433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The free schools programme was established to deliver choice, innovation and higher standards for parents by injecting fresh approaches and drawing in talent and expertise from a wide variety of groups and backgrounds. The department has delivered hundreds of new schools and provided thousands of good school places across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The free schools programme continues to encourage innovation, as well as building the capacity of some of the countries’ strongest trusts to raise education standards. In the most recent mainstream wave, the department approved an innovative partnership between Eton College and Star Academies to deliver free schools in Dudley, Oldham and Teesside for pupils aged 16 to 19. These schools will help increase the numbers of disadvantaged students progressing to top universities. The department also approved a new BRIT School North in Bradford, which will be the first of its kind in the region. This school will provide career pathways for creative industries in the North of England and is supported by industry leaders.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also committed to delivering a 16-19 mathematics school in every region, with eleven in total. Seven maths schools are already open with the remaining four schools approved to open in the future. These small schools, partnered with the most selective mathematics universities, will prepare some of the most mathematically able students for university and help to address shortages of highly skilled graduates in sectors which depend on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.</p><p> </p><p>To open a free school, the provider must establish an academy trust, which is set up as an exempt charity. In the latest mainstream free school wave, the department invited all new providers, including charities, to apply to open a new school. Similarly, in the latest alternative provision free school wave, the department invited applications from partnerships, including charities, alongside academy trusts and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 12434 question first answered 08/02/2024 13:32:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1686434

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to encourage charity involvement in setting up new schools.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	12434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The free schools programme was established to deliver choice, innovation and higher standards for parents by injecting fresh approaches and drawing in talent and expertise from a wide variety of groups and backgrounds. The department has delivered hundreds of new schools and provided thousands of good school places across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The free schools programme continues to encourage innovation, as well as building the capacity of some of the countries’ strongest trusts to raise education standards. In the most recent mainstream wave, the department approved an innovative partnership between Eton College and Star Academies to deliver free schools in Dudley, Oldham and Teesside for pupils aged 16 to 19. These schools will help increase the numbers of disadvantaged students progressing to top universities. The department also approved a new BRIT School North in Bradford, which will be the first of its kind in the region. This school will provide career pathways for creative industries in the North of England and is supported by industry leaders.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also committed to delivering a 16-19 mathematics school in every region, with eleven in total. Seven maths schools are already open with the remaining four schools approved to open in the future. These small schools, partnered with the most selective mathematics universities, will prepare some of the most mathematically able students for university and help to address shortages of highly skilled graduates in sectors which depend on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.</p><p> </p><p>To open a free school, the provider must establish an academy trust, which is set up as an exempt charity. In the latest mainstream free school wave, the department invited all new providers, including charities, to apply to open a new school. Similarly, in the latest alternative provision free school wave, the department invited applications from partnerships, including charities, alongside academy trusts and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 12433 question first answered 08/02/2024 13:32:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1686435

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on whether multi-academy trusts must be an exempt charity, rather than a charity.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	12435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>All academy trusts are exempt charities under paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/02/2024 16:00:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley