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1726309

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wildlife: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) making wildlife crimes notifiable and (b) including them in national crime statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Vikki Slade
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans currently to make all wildlife crimes notifiable and consequentially to include in the national crime statistics. Any non-notifiable wildlife crime reported to police can still be investigated where appropriate, as Chief Constables have operational independence to tackle the crimes that matter most to their communities.</p><p>This Government recognises the importance of tackling wildlife crime, which is why, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office directly funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit to help tackle these crimes.</p><p>The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) provides intelligence, analysis and investigative assistance to the police and other law enforcement agencies across the UK to support them in investigating wildlife crime. This includes supporting cases referred by Border Force to the National Crime Agency or to individual forces. The NWCU is also the UK policing focal point for EUROPOL and INTERPOL wildlife crime activity. The NWCU uses this information to produce strategic and tactical assessments of wildlife crime across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 06/09/2024 15:44:03 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	tabling member	5327

1725756

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurseries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of maintained nursery schools in (a) Wandsworth and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are a valuable part of early years provision. There are 381 MNS as at January 2024. They are predominantly located in disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p><p>Additional supplementary funding is provided to local authorities for MNS in their areas. In the 2024/25 financial year, the initial budget for MNS supplementary funding is £82.6 million, subject to final budget update. The national average hourly rate for MNS supplementary funding is £5.27, the minimum supplementary funding rate is £4.64 and the cap on the hourly rate is £10.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring that parents are able to access affordable and high-quality childcare is a priority for the department. This includes delivering new nursery provision in primary schools to help deliver the expansion in childcare entitlements and ensuring that a variety of different types of provision are available that suit the needs of different parents. The department is continuing to monitor the sufficiency of childcare places.</p><p> </p><p>The key measure of sufficiency is whether the supply of available places is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents and children. The department’s Childcare and Early Years Provider Survey shows that the number of places available has remained broadly stable since 2019. Under Section 6 of the Childcare Act 2006, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area.</p><p> </p><p>The department has regular contact with each local authority in England about their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing. Where local authorities report sufficiency challenges, the department will discuss what action they are taking to address those issues, and where needed, the department will support the local authority with any specific requirements through our childcare sufficiency support contract.</p><p> </p><p>Where a MNS does close, or is merged with a school, what replaces it must be of equal quantity, preserve expertise and specialisms, and it must be more accessible and convenient for local parents. The department has not received any reports on sufficiency challenges in Wandsworth.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan grouped question UIN 2969 question first answered 06/09/2024 15:33:58 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1725755

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurseries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting maintained nursery schools.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are a valuable part of early years provision. There are 381 MNS as at January 2024. They are predominantly located in disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p><p>Additional supplementary funding is provided to local authorities for MNS in their areas. In the 2024/25 financial year, the initial budget for MNS supplementary funding is £82.6 million, subject to final budget update. The national average hourly rate for MNS supplementary funding is £5.27, the minimum supplementary funding rate is £4.64 and the cap on the hourly rate is £10.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring that parents are able to access affordable and high-quality childcare is a priority for the department. This includes delivering new nursery provision in primary schools to help deliver the expansion in childcare entitlements and ensuring that a variety of different types of provision are available that suit the needs of different parents. The department is continuing to monitor the sufficiency of childcare places.</p><p> </p><p>The key measure of sufficiency is whether the supply of available places is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents and children. The department’s Childcare and Early Years Provider Survey shows that the number of places available has remained broadly stable since 2019. Under Section 6 of the Childcare Act 2006, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that the provision of childcare is sufficient to meet the requirements of parents in their area.</p><p> </p><p>The department has regular contact with each local authority in England about their sufficiency of childcare and any issues they are facing. Where local authorities report sufficiency challenges, the department will discuss what action they are taking to address those issues, and where needed, the department will support the local authority with any specific requirements through our childcare sufficiency support contract.</p><p> </p><p>Where a MNS does close, or is merged with a school, what replaces it must be of equal quantity, preserve expertise and specialisms, and it must be more accessible and convenient for local parents. The department has not received any reports on sufficiency challenges in Wandsworth.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan grouped question UIN 2970 question first answered 06/09/2024 15:33:58 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1725860

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fees and Charges
	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 potential impact of VAT on school fees on state school capacity in (a) Epping Forest constituency and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Epping Forest
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury is considering the potential impact of VAT on school fees on state schools as part of its development of an economic case. It is anticipated this impact will be minimal. Projections by the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggest that the number of pupils who may switch schools would represent only a very small proportion of overall pupil numbers in the state sector, less than 0.5%. Any pupil transfers from the private to state sector would also be expected to take place over several years, as many pupils transfer at normal transition points. The department will work with local authorities in England to help them manage any local pressures through normal processes where required.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 06/09/2024 15:32:09 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1725695

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: 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 merits of extending the Adult Skills Fund to cover learning (a) primarily and (b) solely for leisure purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The government has devolved and delegated approximately 60% of the adult skills fund (ASF) to the 9 Mayoral Combined Authorities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East, South Yorkshire, Tees Valley, West Midlands, West of England, West Yorkshire and the Greater London Authority. The authorities are now responsible for the provision of adult education and allocation of the ASF in their local areas and it is for them to decide how they wish to prioritise funding.</p><p> </p><p>In the remainder of England, the department continues to be responsible for adult skills funding. Within the ASF, the department will not fund provision where the primary or sole intent of the learning is for leisure.</p><p> </p><p>The government has to take difficult decisions on where to prioritise funding. Given the economic and social challenges in the country, it is right that the primary purpose of the ASF is to support learners into employment and to progress to further learning. The ASF also supports wider outcomes including improving health and wellbeing, equipping parents and carers to support their child’s learning and developing stronger and more integrated communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 06/09/2024 15:28:26 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1725572

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) pupils, (b) Key Stage 3 and 4 pupils and (c) 16-18 year-old pupils (i) were enrolled in state schools in September 2023 and (ii) are projected to be enrolled in state schools in September 2030.
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on the number of pupils at schools in England based on January school census data. Figures for January 2024 are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>.</p><p>As of January 2024, 8,498,587 pupils of all ages were enrolled at state-funded schools in England, of which 3,248,903 were in Key Stage 3 or 4 and 451,638 were in Key Stage 5, which corresponds to post-16 education.</p><p>A table showing the figures by school type can be viewed via this link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/de8d81d9-1e57-408a-9fad-08dcca50353d" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/de8d81d9-1e57-408a-9fad-08dcca50353d</a>.</p><p>The most recent pupil projections, which provide the projected number of full-time equivalent pupils in schools in England, by type of school and age to secondary school, are published here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/national-pupil-projections" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/national-pupil-projections</a>.</p><p>Due to the uncertainty in longer term fertility assumptions, pupil projections in this release are published up to 2028, rather than up to 2032 as was the case in previous years.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 06/09/2024 14:55:56 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1724018

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to amend the legal definition of what a woman is.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>We are proud of the Equality Act and the rights and protections it affords women. The Government does not plan to amend legal definitions in the act.</p> answering member constituency Oxford East answering member printed Anneliese Dodds question first answered 06/09/2024 14:53:48 answering member 4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1726005

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sure Start Programme: Knowsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres in Knowsley constituency have closed since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) postcode was of each centre.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Midgley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Based on information supplied by Knowsley local authority, one Sure Start children’s centre has closed in the Knowsley constituency since May 2010. The name of the centre was St Chad’s Children’s Centre, and the postcode was L32 1TZ. This is based on information supplied by Knowsley local authority as of 1 September 2024. These figures may be different to previous answers and could change again in the future, since local authorities may update the database at any time.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 06/09/2024 14:51:49 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5038

1725588

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Lincolnshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the planned new teachers will be allocated to schools in Lincolnshire.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>​​High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, but the government must do more to ensure it has the workforce needed to provide the best possible education for every child in all parts of the country, which is why the government has set out the ambition to recruit 6,500 new expert teachers.</p><p>​</p><p>​The department is developing its approach so that it can be clear on its target and held accountable against that target, with a focus on key subjects and in places where it is needed most. The department will share further details in due course.</p><p>​</p><p>​The first crucial step towards achieving this is to ensure teaching is once again an attractive and respected profession and teachers get the pay they deserve, which is why the government has accepted in full the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendation of a 5.5% pay award for teachers and leaders in maintained schools from September.</p><p>​</p><p>​The department is providing schools with almost £1.1 billion in additional funding in the 2024/25 financial year to support schools with overall costs. This matches what the department has calculated is needed to fully fund, at a national level, the teacher pay award, and the support staff pay offer in the 2024/25 financial year, after accounting for the overall available headroom in schools’ existing budgets.</p><p>​</p><p>​Alongside teacher pay, financial incentives are one of the most effective ways to increase teacher supply, and the department is continuing to support teacher trainees with tax-free bursaries of up to £28,000 and scholarships of up to £30,000 in shortage subjects. To help with retention, new teachers of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing, who are in the first five years of their careers, also receive retention payments if working in disadvantaged schools. In the 2023/24 academic year, 55 schools in the Lincolnshire Local Authority area were eligible for these retention payments.</p><p>​</p><p>​To further help teachers stay and thrive in the profession, the department is also addressing teacher workload and wellbeing, and supporting schools to introduce flexible working practices. The Flexible Working Ambassador Multi-Academy Trusts and Schools (FWAMS) Programme offers support to schools across every region in England to help implement flexible working. Schools in Lincolnshire that are interested in receiving tailored peer support can contact the Hales Valley Trust, which is the Flexible Working Ambassador for the East Midlands.</p><p>​</p><p>​The department has also established Teaching School Hubs across the country, which provide approved high-quality professional development to teachers at all stages of their careers. L.E.A.D Teaching School Hub and DRET Teaching School Hub are centres of excellence supporting teacher training and development across Lincolnshire. ​</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 06/09/2024 14:48:54 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1726665

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	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	Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what criteria he selected the ages for RSV vaccine roll out.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination programmes began on 1 September in England. The immunisation offer consists of a maternal programme for pregnant women to protect newborn babies, a routine programme for those turning 75 years old, and a catch-up programme for people already aged 75 to 79 years old. Older adults will remain eligible until the day before they turn 80 years old, except for people who turn 80 years old in the first year, who have until 31 August 2025 to get vaccinated.</p><p>When a new vaccination programme is introduced, the Government must make difficult decisions on who to offer the vaccine to. These decisions are based on advice the Department receives from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), and includes evidence of the impact a vaccination has in different groups, as well as the capacity of the system to deliver the programme alongside all other healthcare priorities.</p><p>For the maternal RSV programme, vaccination will be offered to pregnant women from 28 weeks of gestation to provide protection from RSV for babies during the first six months of life, when they are most vulnerable. The JCVI noted in their September 2023 statement that the available data on RSV vaccinations before week 28 of gestation was less compelling.</p><p>The JCVI also noted that the burden of RSV in older adults is less well understood and is considered to be underestimated by existing routine surveillance. The committee agreed that more work was required to obtain better estimates of the RSV burden in adults.</p><p>There was also less certainty about how well the vaccine works in people aged 80 years old and older. There were not enough people of this age in the clinical trials to be able to see if the vaccines are protective in this age band. The JCVI therefore suggested an initial programme to potentially vaccinate a cohort aged from 75 to 80 years old, and then for those turning 75 years old in subsequent years.</p><p>The structure of an immunisation programme is dynamic and the JCVI will continue to review the data available on who should be offered an RSV immunisation. It was noted in the June 2023 JCVI advice that ‘an extension to the initial programme would be considered when there is more certainty about protection in the very elderly and the real-world impact of the programme in the 75- to 80-year-olds’. A link to the JCVI statement on the introduction of an RSV vaccination programme is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rsv-immunisation-programme-jcvi-advice-7-june-2023/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-immunisation-programme-for-infants-and-older-adults-jcvi-full-statement-11-september-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rsv-immunisation-programme-jcvi-advice-7-june-2023/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-immunisation-programme-for-infants-and-older-adults-jcvi-full-statement-11-september-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 06/09/2024 14:44:42 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne previous answer version 3747 answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell