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1233116

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional funding is available to local authorities to meet the needs of (1) homeless, and (2) unaccompanied child, asylum seekers; and what plans they have to address the impact of disproportionate patterns of settlement on specific local authority areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL7959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p><strong>(1) </strong><strong>Homeless</strong></p><p>We provided £4.3 billion to help councils to manage the impacts of COVID-19 which includes their work to support homeless people, including £3.7 billion which is not ringfenced, and £600 million to support social care and a further £3.2 million in emergency funding for local authorities to support vulnerable rough sleepers.</p><p>On 18 July, we launched the Next Steps Accommodation Programme (NSAP). This makes available the financial resources needed to support local authorities and their partners to prevent people from returning to the streets. The NSAP is made up of two sources of funding: £161 million to deliver 3,300 units of longer-term move-on accommodation in 2020/2021; and £105 million of additional funding to pay for immediate support to ensure that people do not return to the streets.</p><p>£23 million will be provided so that vulnerable individuals experiencing rough sleeping, including those currently in emergency accommodation as a response to COVID-19, can access the specialist help they need for substance dependency issues, in order to rebuild their lives and move towards work and education. This funding is part of the £262 million funding announced at Spring Budget 2020.</p><p>274 local councils will share £91.5 million of government funding to ensure interim accommodation and support for the most vulnerable people, including by helping people into the private rented sector, secure interim accommodation such as supported housing, and assess the wider support these people need in order to rebuild their lives. An additional £13.5 million fund will be used to enable local authorities to tackle new or emerging challenges.</p><p><strong>(2) </strong><strong>Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children</strong></p><p>In addition to the money paid to local authorities through the local government finance settlement the Home Office provides additional funding contributions to the costs incurred by local authorities looking after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) and former UASC care leavers. Increases to these contributions for 2020-21 were announced on 8 June.</p><p>For each former UASC care leaver supported, local authorities now receive £240 per person per week. This represented a 60% increase to the lowest rate that was previously paid.</p><p>Local authorities supporting UASC totalling 0.07% or greater of their general child population receive £143 per person per night for each UASC. All other local authorities receive £114 per person per night for each UASC in their care.</p><p>The National Transfer Scheme (NTS) was established in July 2016 to achieve a more balanced distribution of UASC. The scheme was initially successful, achieving nearly 900 voluntary transfers of UASC from entry local authorities between July 2016 and December 2018.</p><p>More recently the NTS has not been working as intended and there is a need to achieve a more equitable distribution of UASC. We have therefore worked with local government partners to develop proposals to further improve the NTS. On 28 August we launched an informal consultation with local authorities on these proposals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/09/2020 16:49:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1233142

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Inland Border Facilities: Lewes and Newhaven
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to consult the local authorities affected by the Town and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020, which comes into effect on 24 September; and what plans they have to site a lorry park in the Newhaven and Lewes areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL7989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Government officials have been in direct contact with Local Authorities which could be directly impacted by an inland site in their area. Officials also wrote to indirectly impacted Local Authorities to inform them that there are not any imminent plans in their area for an inland site and that they will be notified should this change. We want to ensure that appropriate infrastructure is in place, not just in Newhaven and Lewes, but at other ports also.</p><p>On 12 July, the Government announced a £705 million funding package in 2020/21 for border infrastructure, staffing and IT to ensure GB border systems are fully operational when the UK takes back control of its border after the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 24/09/2020 16:51:28 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1230705

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) civil service staff and (b) members of the Government have taken time off work to self-isolate (i) in each Department and (ii) at each pay grade.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	84327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/09/2020 16:51:36 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1235044

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's average reply time has been for ministerial letters in each of the last five months.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	91112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Correspondence is a vitally important interface with members of the public, Members of Parliament and Peers, and should be given the highest priority.</p><p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence. Departments have seen a significant increase in correspondence during the pandemic but are required to provide a substantial response to all correspondence from MPs and Peers in 20 days. Departments are not required to keep a record of the average response time. The Cabinet Office responded to 58% of MP and Peer correspondence within 20 days between April - June 2020, and to the remaining correspondence as quickly as possible. Officials are working to improve response time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/09/2020 16:51:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1235124

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what change there has been in the level of per pupil funding for pupils in special schools in County Durham in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	91167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Special schools are funded through a combination of place funding and top-up funding from a local authority’s high needs budget. The high needs budget is allocated to each local authority who determine funding for special schools in their area. Local authorities also use their high needs budgets to pay top-up funding for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream schools, and to fund alternative provision. Consequently, the department does not hold data on the level of per pupil funding for pupils in special schools in Durham.</p><p>The total high needs allocations for Durham for the past 3 years are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding amount (total)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22 (provisional allocation)</p></td><td><p>£69,364,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£61,157,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£52,502,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£50,003,532</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 24/09/2020 16:55:01 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1235517

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Development Aid: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 16 September 2020, HC 744, whether it is his policy to to spend UK aid on tackling poverty.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	91694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government will prioritise the bottom billion, the very poorest around the world, as part of our core mission.This is in our national interest and it will project the UK as a force for good in the world.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/09/2020 21:08:10 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1234410

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	Earwax: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons earwax removal is no longer routinely available on the NHS; and whether he has made an assessment of the economic effect of that matter on (a) elderly and (b) hard of hearing people who rely on regular earwax removal.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	90063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>There are a range of services known as core services that all general practitioner (GP) practices are expected to provide and enhanced services that GP practices are commissioned to provide over and above this. The provision of ear syringing is an example of an enhanced service. If a local clinical commissioning group has decided not to commission an enhanced service, this may relate to population needs and value for money.</p><p>If the build-up of earwax is linked with hearing loss, then the GP practice could consider referring the patient into audiology services. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidelines in June 2018 on hearing loss at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98</a></p><p>This contains a specific section on earwax removal which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98/chapter/Recommendations#removing-earwax</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/09/2020 19:55:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1236228

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
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 in her Department's Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safety and Health team are responsible for work on issues relating to inclusion.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	92884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Of the c.80,000 Civil Servants working in the Department, there are 72 people who work in the Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safety and Health team. The total number of colleagues working on issues relating to Inclusion is 22, including 1 SCS.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 92883 question first answered 24/09/2020 16:58:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1236226

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
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 work in her Department's Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safety and Health team.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	92883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Of the c.80,000 Civil Servants working in the Department, there are 72 people who work in the Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safety and Health team. The total number of colleagues working on issues relating to Inclusion is 22, including 1 SCS.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 92884 question first answered 24/09/2020 16:58:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1236256

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	Jobcentres: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department’s policy is on the requirement to attend face-to-face appointments with work coaches at jobcentres; and whether any updated guidance has been issued to jobcentres.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	92779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>In line with Public Health guidance and with safety measures in place across the Jobcentre network, face-to-face appointments can be booked with claimants who will benefit from this support.</p><p> </p><p>Updated guidance has been issued to Jobcentres and is reviewed regularly.</p><p> </p><p>As we double the number of Work Coaches, we will continue to expand multi-channel engagement with claimants, including booking appointments across our network to support people face-to-face where they need it.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/09/2020 16:55:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra